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shrewishness

noun

Etymology

From shrewish + -ness.

  1. derived from *(s)ker-✻ — “to cut; shorten; skimp”
  2. derived from *skrawwaz✻ — “thin; meagre; frail”
  3. inherited from sċrēawa — “shrew”
  4. inherited from *schrewe✻
  5. suffixed as shrewish — “shrew + ish”
  6. suffixed as shrewishness — “shrewish + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being shrewish.

    • The weather had broken, and the sharp wind was almost autumnal in its shrewishness. Mary shivered a little, and buttoned her black sports coat closer. The wind through the trees made a mournful noise, like some great giant sighing.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA