gallousness
English
Etymology
From gallous + -ness.
Noun
gallousness (uncountable)
- Impishness; mischief.
- 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, p. 83:
- Then she sang, with an exaggeration of her native gallousness, several sentimental ballads of the day.
- 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, p. 83: