Crotchetiness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crotchetiness \Crotch"et*i*ness\ (kr?ch"?t-?-n?s), n.
     The state or character of being crotchety, or whimsical.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           This belief in rightness is a kind of
           conscientiousness, and when it degenerates it becomes


           crotchetiness.                           --J. Grote.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crotchetiness
       n : a fussy and eccentric disposition [syn: {crankiness}, {contrariness},
            {grumpiness}]