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wilfulnesse

wilfulnesse is the obsolete form of wilfulness.

Meaning of wilfulness

Noun

wilfulness (usually uncountable, plural wilfulnesses)

  1. (UK, usually) The state or condition of being wilful; stubbornness.
    • “I want ye all to know,” she said, with a clearing-up snuff, “dat it’s my will an’ pleasure to go right on doin’ my work jes’ de same; an’, Missis, please, I’ll allers put three eggs in de crullers, now; an’ I won’t turn de wash-basin down in de sink, but hang it jam-up on de nail; an’ I won’t pick...1859, Harriet Beecher Stowe, “The Practical Test”, in The Minister’s Wooing, New York, N.Y.: Derby and Jackson, […], →OCLC, page 177

Questions about wilfulnesse

What is wilfulnesse the obsolete form of?
Wilfulnesse is the obsolete form of wilfulness.

Words near wilfulnesse in the dictionary

  1. wilfulest
  2. wilfuller
  3. wilfullest
  4. wilfully
  5. wilfulness
  6. wilfulnesse
  7. wilfulnesses
  8. wilga
  9. wilgas
  10. wilgie
  11. Wilham

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