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suˈspiciousness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The condition or quality of being suspicious.
1. Liability to suspicion; questionable character.
1486Year-bk. 2 Henvy VII (1567) 3 b, Le felony ou le suspiciousnes. a1716South Serm. (1717) V. 347 The Reasons, why this inward Voice of the Spirit cannot be the Rule, which Men are to be guided by... Because of its Suspiciousness. 1881Westcott & Hort Grk. N.T. II. 67 Its final conclusions must rest on the intrinsic verisimilitude or suspiciousness of the text itself.
2. Proneness to suspicion; disposition to suspect; mistrustfulness. (In quot. 1525, Suspicion.)
1525Ld. Berners Froiss. II. xxii. 51 They..went in and out on their maisters busynesse, without any suspeciousness of them. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 66 Our lorde..preserue all those that entendeth this holy iourney..from suspycyousnes and wronge iudgementes. 1639Fuller Holy War v. xii. (1647) 251 Suspiciousnesse is as great an enemy to wisdome, as too much credulitie. a1768Secker Serm., Ephes. v. 11 (1770) II. 351 An immoderate Suspiciousness of innocent Compliances. 1858Froude Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 34 The nation settled back into its old suspiciousness, which it disguised under the name of independence. 1884R. W. Church Bacon ii. 56 Bacon..using every effort and device to appease the Queen's anger and suspiciousness. |