edginess

noun

edginess

noun

Etymology From edgy + -ness.

1

Usually The state of being edgy.

  • Fay Lie grabs Isaac Sachs’s elbow. “You’ll remember bumping into Luisa Rey the other day?” “I’m one lucky conscript. Hi, Luisa, again.” Luisa feels an edginess in his handshake.2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 130:

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