starchedness
English
Etymology
starched + -ness
Noun
starchedness (uncountable)
- The quality or state of being starched; stiffness in manners; formality.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for starchedness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)