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troublesomeness|ˈtrʌb(ə)lsəmnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being troublesome.
†1. Disturbed or unsettled state; confusion, disorderliness. Obs.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. xv. (1634) 79 As though Reason also did not dissent from it selfe... But..that troublesomenesse proceedeth of the corruption of nature. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. iii. iv. §27 The troublesomness of the times. 1715in Black Hist. Brechin (1867) 126 Taking into..consideration the troublesomeness of the times.
†b. Disposition to cause disturbance; turbulence. Obs.
1591Turnbull Exp. Jas. 167 b, Prosperous estate..which by brauling, contention and troublesomnes is hindered. 1657in Eng. Hist. Rev. Oct. (1910) 727 Filled with passion and troublesomness of spirit.
†c. Physically disturbed or agitated state. Obs.
1648Hexham ii. s.v. Zee, The troublesomenesse, or the swelling of the Sea. 1652–62Heylin Cosmogr. iv. (1682) 149 Exposed..to the troublesomeness of sudden tempests. 1658Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. 953 By the troublesomenesse of the air they are dispersed hither and thither.
†2. Trouble, affliction, distress. Obs.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. ii. x. (1634) 202 He suffered much troublesomenesse by his childrens wives. 1604T. Wright Passions ii. Pref. 47 Troublesomenesse or disquietnesse of the soule. a1639W. Whately Prototypes ii. xxvi. (1640) 44 To inflict disquietment and troublesomenesse upon men in their labour.
3. The quality of giving trouble; vexatiousness, annoying character; toilsomeness; oppressiveness.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Matt. xii. 74 Offended with this importunitie and troublesumnes. 1608D. T[uvil] Ess. Pol. & Mor. 79 The troublesomnesse of labor. 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Heaven's Blessing Wks. iii. 116/1 For the auoyding of the troublesomenesse of Boats and Wherries. 1764Harmer Observ. i. i. 6 Even grammarians derive..summer from a root which points out the troublesomeness of its heats. 1787W. Marshall Norfolk I. 375 Many farmers..dislike the noise and troublesomeness of these animals. 1881M. E. Braddon Asph. i. 5 With the air of a sinner who gloried in her troublesomeness. |