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busyness

noun
/ˈbɪz.i.nɪs/

Etymology

From busy + -ness; the ⟨y⟩ (-y) is kept to distinguish from business (of which it is a doublet), which is derived from the same two morphemes but by regular spelling rules.

  1. inherited from *bisīg✻ — “diligent; zealous; busy”
  2. inherited from bisiġ — “busy, occupied, diligent”
  3. inherited from bisy
  4. suffixed as busyness — “busy + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state of being busy.

    • She moved back to the table, and her busyness expressed her purpose but also perhaps hid some sort of regret at the news.
    • A world without rigid temporal boundaries gave some a rare chance to relax and regroup after many years of busyness.
    • The actor has also visited acupuncture and massage therapists more regularly to prime her body for the busyness of her schedule.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for busyness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA