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sedentariness|ˈsɛdəntərɪnɪs|
[f. sedentary a. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being sedentary.
1671L. Addison W. Barbary 113 Those that live in great Towns..are enclined to paleness, which may be imputed to their sedentariness, or want of motion. c1740Cole in Etoniana iv. 76 The sedentariness of a scholar. 1822–56De Quincey Confess. (1862) 66 Ratifying and trebling the ruinous effects of this sedentariness. 1898E. P. Evans Evol. Ethics i. 46 With the beginning of agriculture and sedentariness this relation is reversed. |