stiffenes
Middle English
Alternative forms
- styffnesse, styfnesse, styffenesse, stiffenesse
Etymology
From stif + -nesse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstifnɛs/
Noun
stiffenes (plural stiffenesses)
- Stiffness, firmness, rigidness; especially in a medical context.
- Strongness, mightiness.
Descendants
- English: stiffness
References
- “stifnes(se (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-27.