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crotchetiness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crotchetiness
Crotchetiness \Crotch"et*i*ness\ (kr?ch"?t-?-n?s), n. The state or character of being crotchety, or whimsical.
This belief in rightness is a kind of
conscientiousness, and when it degenerates it becomes
crotchetiness.
--J. Grote.
Wiktionary
crotchetiness
n. The state or quality of being crotchety.
WordNet
crotchetiness
n. a fussy and eccentric disposition [syn: crankiness, contrariness, grumpiness]
Usage examples of "crotchetiness".
Peter valued his uncle’s advice and love and even his occasional crotchetiness, but things would have been easier, clearer somehow, if he were training under someone unrelated to him.