Dronishness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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
More examples"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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