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restiness

/ˈɹɛstɪnəs/

restiness noun: the quality or state of being resty; sluggishness.

Noun

restiness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The quality or state of being resty; sluggishness.
    • The Snake by restinesse and lying still all Winter, hath a certaine membrane[…]1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C....

Origin of restiness

From resty + -ness.

Questions about restiness

What does restiness mean?
Restiness means the quality or state of being resty; sluggishness.
What part of speech is restiness?
Restiness is a noun.
How do you pronounce restiness?
Restiness is pronounced /ˈɹɛstɪnəs/.

Words near restiness in the dictionary

  1. restimulates
  2. restimulating
  3. restimulation
  4. restimulations
  5. restinction
  6. restiness
  7. resting
  8. resting and vesting
  9. resting assured
  10. resting bitch face
  11. resting bitch faces

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