crotchetiness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

crotchetiness
    n 1: a fussy and eccentric disposition [syn: {crankiness},
         {crotchetiness}, {contrariness}, {grumpiness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Crotchetiness \Crotch"et*i*ness\ (kr?ch"?t-?-n?s), n.
   The state or character of being crotchety, or whimsical.
   [1913 Webster]

         This belief in rightness is a kind of
         conscientiousness, and when it degenerates it becomes
         crotchetiness.                           --J. Grote.
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