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surliness|ˈsɜːlɪnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
Surly character, condition, or manner. †a. Imperiousness, haughtiness, arrogance. Obs. b. Gloomy ill-humour, churlish moroseness.
1587T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iv. i. §16 margin, The surlinesse of some by reason of pride, and a vaine opinion of their owne holines. 1593Bilson Govt. Chr. Ch. 389 To ouer-rule Christian princes and Churches with greater surlines than ever did Patriarke or Pope. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 128 A kinde of froward surlinesse hardly to be pleased. 1644Milton Areop. (Arb.) 36 To..mollifie the Spartan surlinesse with his smooth songs and odes. 1691Hartcliffe Virtues 164 That we fall not upon either of the extremes, base Submission, or Surliness. 1700Dryden Pal. & Arc. ii. 192 None greets; for none the Greeting will return; But in dumb Surliness, each arm'd with Care His Foe profest, as Brother of the War. 1747Richardson Clarissa (1810) I. xliii. 328 How shall I stand the questions of some, the set surliness of others? 1831Scott Cast. Dang. xix, The surliness which has replaced their wonted courtesy of manners. 1879Seguin Black For. ii. 38 This independence of character does not produce any surliness of manner in the Black Forest peasantry. |