Hussyness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being a hussy. uncountable

    "And though Jane herself is much more than an underbred little hussy, I fear there is underbreeding and hussyness in her, where she is not a mere photograph."

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"And though Jane herself is much more than an underbred little hussy, I fear there is underbreeding and hussyness in her, where she is not a mere photograph."

Etymology

From hussy + -ness.

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