snappishnessn.
The fact or quality of being snappish; sharpness, curtness, or peevishness of language or speech.
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abruptness1591
snappishness1598
bluntness1608
cuttedness1622
briskness1668
bluntishness1691
snappinga1734
brusquerie1752
off-handedness1823
brusqueness1859
bluffness1863
curtness1882
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Proteruità, frowardnes,..skittishnes, snappishnes.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Snappishness, Crossness, Peevishness, Crabbedness in Speech.
1757 J. Rutty Spiritual Diary (1776) 2nd month, no. 26 Cursed snappishness,..on a bodily indisposition.
a1801 G. Wakefield Mem. (1804) I. 25 He threatened with great snappishness to flog me.
1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney III. 174 The cause of my old lady's snappishness to-night.
1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter II. ii. 51 A little extra snappishness on the part of Judith.
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