hussyness

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noun

The quality of being a hussy.

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Meanings

nounhussyness (uncountable)

alternative hussiness

  1. uncountableThe quality of being a hussy.

    She was shocked at her brazen hussyness.

    2017, April Arnold-Gillar, Ghosts and Physics
    1 more example

    And though Jane herself is much more than an underbred little hussy, I fear there is underbreeding and hussyness in her, where she is not a mere photograph.

    1895, George Saintsbury, Corrected Impressions: Essays on Victorian Writers, page 162

Origin

From hussy + -ness.

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APA

hussyness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hussyness

MLA

“hussyness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hussyness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hussyness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hussyness.

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