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English Dictionary: crotchetiness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crotchetiness
n
  1. a fussy and eccentric disposition [syn: crankiness, crotchetiness, contrariness, grumpiness]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Crotchetiness \Crotch"et*i*ness\ (kr?ch"?t-?-n?s), n.
      The state or character of being crotchety, or whimsical.
  
               This belief in rightness is a kind of
               conscientiousness, and when it degenerates it becomes
               crotchetiness.                                       --J. Grote.
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