inveterateness

English

Etymology

inveterate +‎ -ness

Noun

inveterateness (uncountable)

1. inveteracy
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     Twas the first play he praised on mortality; and as time hath rendred him more perfect in the Art, so hath the inveterateness of his malice more ready in the execution

References

• “inveterateness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.