† disguisinessn.
Obsolete.
Strangeness of guise or fashion.
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disguisinessc1386
threadbareness1530
lustinessa1547
tricksinessc1550
niceness1559
trickness1600
quaintness1603
fineness1667
overdress1781
fullness1792
succinctness1818
dowdiness1843
dowdyism1859
gauziness1873
floppiness1892
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋340 Precious clothyng is cowpable..for his softenesse, and for his strangenesse and degisynesse [v.r. disgisinesse].
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 2523 And mervellid much in Geffrey, of his disgiseness.
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