setness

English

Etymology

set +‎ -ness

Noun

setness (countable and uncountable, plural setnesses)

  1. The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy.
    • 1884, Robert Masters, Memoirs […] of Thomas Baker
      the starched setness of a sententious writer
    • 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin
      They who had shrugged their shoulders at her little peculiarities and setnesses […] acknowledged that now she was the exact person that was wanted.

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