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ˈrestiveness [f. prec. + -ness.] The quality or condition of being restive.
1605Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. xxiii. §33 From whatsoever roote or cause this Restiuenesse of mind proceedeth, it is a thing most prejudiciall. 1660Gauden Brownrig 127 The coy reserve and supercilious restiveness of some who envy others this..freedom. 1798C. Smith Yng. Philos. I. 15 Miss Goldthorp..found herself exposed..to the double danger of the storm, and the restiveness of the horses. 1820Byron tr. Pulci's Morg. Mag. xxvii, Of restiveness he'd cure him. 1892J. Tait Mind in Matter (ed. 3) 206 The last symptom of restiveness manifested by the Jews against their burdens related to the tithe. |