Meanings
nounrestiness (uncountable)
- obsoleteuncountableThe quality or state of being resty; sluggishness.
The Snake by restinesse and lying still all Winter, hath a certaine membrane[…]
1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC
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“restiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restiness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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