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busyness|ˈbɪzɪnɪs|
[f. busy a. + -ness: a modern formation on busy, the already existing word business having acquired different meaning and pronunciation.]
Busy state or quality; = business I, and next.
1849Thoreau Week 380 Behind every man's busy-ness there should be a level of undisturbed serenity. 1868Mrs. Whitney P. Strong vii, The bright brisk busy⁓ness of the squirrel. 1868G. Macdonald Seaboard Par. I. xi. 164 In the midst of the world of light and busy-ness. 1880Macm. Mag. May 53 An interesting example of the busyness of rumour. 1929J. Buchan Courts of Morning iii. 351 It was a week of desperate busyness. 1961A. Wilson Old Men at Zoo vii. 323 Nothing could chill the warmth I generated in my cocoon of busyness. |