crankinessn.
/ˈkraŋkɪnɪs/ The state or quality of being cranky or crazy.
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fantasticalness1581
fantasticality1592
eccentricity1657
fantasticness1661
out-of-the-wayness1800
nuttiness1865
crankiness1870
crankism1882
crankery1884
faddishness1884
faddism1885
crankness1890
pottiness1933
wackiness1941
offbeatness1960
kookiness1962
1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 235 There is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel, and saving it from all risk of crankiness, than business.
1890 Spectator 8 Feb. The reputation for ‘crankiness’ and wrong-headedness which that able historical writer has gained in British North America.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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