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leeriness

noun

Etymology

From leery + -ness.

  1. derived from *ḱlew-✻
  2. derived from *ḱlews-✻ — “temple of the forehead, cheek”
  3. inherited from *hleuzą✻ — “ear, cheek”
  4. inherited from *hleuʀ✻
  5. inherited from hlēor — “face, cheek, profile”
  6. inherited from ler
  7. suffixed as leery — “leer + y”
  8. suffixed as leeriness — “leery + ness”

Definitions

  1. The property of being leery, suspiciousness, distrustfulness.

    • In response to many people's leeriness of strangers, sharing economy companies often promote their background screening mechanisms.

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