restiness

English

Etymology

resty +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛstɪnəs/

Noun

restiness (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The quality or state of being resty; sluggishness.
   • 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, published 1635, →OCLC:

     The Snake by restinesse and lying still all Winter, hath a certaine membrane […]

References

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