Irksomeness
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The state of being irksome countable, uncountable
"My dear child, it is not here as in Italy, women, amongst us, have no other employment than domestic duties; the talents which you possess will serve to relieve the irksomeness of solitude, perhaps, also, you may meet with a husband to whom they would be agreeable; […]"
Example
More examples"My dear child, it is not here as in Italy, women, amongst us, have no other employment than domestic duties; the talents which you possess will serve to relieve the irksomeness of solitude, perhaps, also, you may meet with a husband to whom they would be agreeable; […]"
Etymology
From Middle English irkesumnesse, irksomnes, irksumnes, urkesommenesse, yrkesumnesse; equivalent to irksome + -ness.
More for "irksomeness"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.