Crossword clues for setness
setness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Setness
Setness \Set"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy.
``The starched setness of a sententious writer.''
--R.
Masters.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
setness
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
setness
n. The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy.
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.