shiftage

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

shift +‎ -age

Noun[edit]

shiftage (uncountable)

  1. Movement by shifting.
    • 1915, Jack London, The Little Lady of the Big House:
      […] the need to perceive and to act, to see and know, to be sure and quick, to adjust instantly to all instant shiftage of the balance of forces that bear upon the living.
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