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peevishnesses

peevishnesses is the plural of peevishness.

Meaning of peevishness

Noun

peevishness (usually uncountable, plural peevishnesses)

  1. (usually) The state of being peevish.
    • Moreover, it were ungenerous, having bred thee up freakish and fiery, to dismiss thee to want or wandering, for shewing that very peevishness and impatience of discipline which arose from thy too delicate nurture.1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XV, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and...

Questions about peevishnesses

What is peevishnesses the plural of?
Peevishnesses is the plural of peevishness.

Words near peevishnesses in the dictionary

  1. peeves
  2. peeving
  3. peevish
  4. peevishly
  5. peevishness
  6. peevishnesses
  7. peevit
  8. peevits
  9. peevy
  10. Peevys
  11. peewa

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