† on-carryingnessn.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: on adv., English carrying , carry v., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < on adv. + carrying, present participle of carry v. + -ness suffix.
Obsolete.
1832 S. T. Coleridge 26 May (1971) VI. 911 All the countless unaffected conversational charms and on-carryingness of his [sc. Scott's] Diction.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2019).