treacherousness

English

Etymology

treacherous +‎ -ness

Noun

treacherousness (uncountable)

Treachery; the characteristic of being treacherous.
- 1901, Bret Harte, “Under the Eaves”, in Under the Redwoods:
  He had an aggressive treacherousness of eye which his potations had not subdued.

References

treacherousness in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
“treacherousness”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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