Fitfulness

2 definitions found

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

  Fitful \Fit"ful\, a. [From 7th {Fit}.]
     Full of fits; irregularly variable; impulsive and unstable.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well. --Shak.
     -- {Fit"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Fit"ful*ness}, n.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           The victorious trumpet peal
           Dies fitfully away.                      --Macaulay.
     Fithel

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fitfulness
       n : the quality of being spasmodic and irregular [syn: {jerkiness}]