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irksomeness

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Middle English irkesumnesse

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Middle English · inherited fromirkesumnesse
English todayirksomeness

From Middle English irkesumnesse, irksomnes, irksumnes, urkesommenesse, yrkesumnesse; equivalent to irksome + -ness.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.