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setness
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, from set (n.2) + -ness . Old English had setnes , which was pressed into service to translate various ideas in Roman law and Christianity: "foundation, creation, construction; size, extent; law, ordinance; instruction; sentence."
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Setness \Set"ness\, n. The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy. ``The starched setness of a sententious writer.'' --R. Masters.
Usage examples of setness.
They who had shrugged their shoulders at her little peculiarities and setnesses, so unlike the careless freedom of southern manners, acknowledged that now she was the exact person that was wanted.