lairiness

English

Etymology

lairy +‎ -ness

Noun

lairiness (uncountable)

1. (British) The property of being lairy (“grumpy or touchy”).
   • 2019 January 26, Kitty Empire [pseudonym], “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 8 April 2019:

     The old songs spool out, reaffirming once again everything that is great about the Streets. "Brace yourself, 'cause this goes deep," runs a line from Turn the Page, pointing up [Mike] Skinner's ability to grapple with existential dread as well as the cinematic, blow-by-blow accounts of everyday lairiness.