heediness

English

Etymology

heedy +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiːdɪnəs/

Noun

heediness (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The quality of being heedy.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 26:

     And evermore that craven coward knight / Was at his back with heartless heediness, / Waiting if he unwares him murder might.