Definitions for orneriness
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
or•ner•yˈɔr nə ri(adj.)-ner•i•er, -ner•i•est.
disagreeable in disposition; mean; crotchety.
Category: Status (usage)
stubborn.
Category: Status (usage)
Origin of ornery:
1790–1800
or′ner•i•ness(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
cussedness, orneriness(noun)
meanspirited disagreeable contrariness
Wiktionary
orneriness(Noun)
the state of being ornery
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