Dronishness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being dronish. uncountable

    "They are clumsy unmannerly creatures, and quite incapable of culture or improvement. Their great characteristic is laziness — dronishness in early life and dronishness to the end. They have no inclination for a life of activity and usefulness […]"

Example

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"They are clumsy unmannerly creatures, and quite incapable of culture or improvement. Their great characteristic is laziness — dronishness in early life and dronishness to the end. They have no inclination for a life of activity and usefulness […]"

Etymology

From dronish + -ness.

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