Mardiness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being mardy. uncountable

    "Irritated by my feeling of non-specific mardiness, I force myself out of bed, stretching flamboyantly as I walk over to open the shutters."

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"Irritated by my feeling of non-specific mardiness, I force myself out of bed, stretching flamboyantly as I walk over to open the shutters."

Etymology

From mardy + -ness.

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