jumpiness

English

Etymology

jumpy +‎ -ness

Noun

jumpiness (countable and uncountable, plural jumpinesses)

  1. The state of being jumpy.
    • 1980, Stephen King, The Mist:
      Several times I thought I saw something, but it was only jumpiness. One of the others raised a hesitant false alarm.
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