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restiffness

restiffness is the obsolete form of restiveness.

Meaning of restiveness

Noun

restiveness (usually uncountable, plural restivenesses)

  1. (usually) The characteristic of being restive.

Origin of restiffness

From restiff + -ness.

Questions about restiffness

What is restiffness the obsolete form of?
Restiffness is the obsolete form of restiveness.

Words near restiffness in the dictionary

  1. restiff
  2. restiffen
  3. restiffened
  4. restiffening
  5. restiffens
  6. restiffness
  7. restiffs
  8. restiform
  9. restigmatize
  10. restigmatized
  11. restigmatizes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: restiffness (page history and authors); restiveness (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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