Meanings
nounhitchiness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe quality of being hitchy.
Put into English, the Saga seems too Norse; and there is often a hitchiness in the verse that suggests translation with overmuch heed for literal closeness.
2019, James Russell Lowell, The Function of the Poet, and Other Essays
Origin
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hitchiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hitchiness
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