scattinessn.
/ˈskatɪnɪs/ The quality or condition of being scatty or scatter-brained.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > giddiness, empty-headedness > [noun]
giddiheadc1275
giddinessa1290
lighthead1340
vanityc1386
glaikitnessa1500
idleness1535
levity1564
emptiness1577
vainness1591
frivolousnessa1631
volageness1633
grollery1637
brain-giddinessa1652
desipience1656
desipiencya1682
frothinessa1716
inanity1756
frivolity1796
unpracticalness1828
unpracticality1840
bird-wittedness1854
scattiness1959
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > slight madness > scatterbrained quality
hare-brainedness1656
scattiness1959
1959 S. Gibbons Pink Front Door iv. 52 For all her scattiness, Daisy was a good child.
1959 A. Buchan Spare Chancellor v. 118 Catherine Gladstone with the characteristic scattiness of the Glynnes and the Lytteltons always referred to Lowe's followers as ‘The Dolomites’.
1976 E. Berckman Be All & End All v. 62 A peculiar combination of scattiness accompanied by a desperate concentration.
1977 ‘M. Innes’ Honeybath's Haven viii. 82 The spectacle of [Hamlet's] random and intermittent scattiness is confusing.
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