Hotheadedness
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The state or characteristic of being hotheaded; the tendency to be easily infuriated or provoked. uncountable
"In place of hot-headedness and rashness on the part of those whose views did not agree with the sentiment that prompted the movement, which might be expected from their southern blood, we find cool counsels and a determination to make the best of what was accepted from the first as an accomplished fact."
Example
More examples"In place of hot-headedness and rashness on the part of those whose views did not agree with the sentiment that prompted the movement, which might be expected from their southern blood, we find cool counsels and a determination to make the best of what was accepted from the first as an accomplished fact."
Etymology
From hotheaded + -ness.
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