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From apish +‎ -ness.

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apishness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being apish.
    • 1606, Tho[mas] Dekker, “Apishnesse: Or The First Dayes Triumph”, in The Seuen Deadly Sinnes of London: [], London: [] E[dward] A[llde] for Nathaniel Butter, [], →OCLC, page 32:
      Apiſhneſſe rides in a Chariot made of nothing but cages, in which are all the ſtrangeſt out-landiſh Birds that can be gotten: []

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