settledness
English
Etymology
From settled + -ness.
Noun
settledness (uncountable)
- The quality or state of being settled.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:, II.20:
- Excessive joy hath more severity then jolity: extreme and full content more settlednes then cheerfulnesse.
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