Etymology

shrewdness

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Today it means: The quality of being shrewd. Full definition →

Middle English schrewednesse
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  1. Middle Englishschrewed
  2. Middle Englishschrewednesse
  3. English todayshrewdness

Inherited from Middle English schrewednesse. By surface analysis, shrewd + -ness.

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