hussyness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hussy +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

hussyness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being a hussy.
    • 1895, George Saintsbury, Corrected Impressions: Essays on Victorian Writers, page 162:
      And though Jane herself is much more than an underbred little hussy, I fear there is underbreeding and hussyness in her, where she is not a mere photograph.
    • 2017, April Arnold-Gillar, Ghosts and Physics:
      She was shocked at her brazen hussyness.
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