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Webster 1913 Edition

Crotchetiness

Crotch′et-i-ness

(kr?ch′?t-?-n?s)

,

Noun.

The state or character of being crotchety, or whimsical.

This belief in rightness is a kind of conscientiousness, and when it degenerates it becomes

crotchetiness

.

J. Grote.