freshness
noun/ˈfɹɛʃnəs/
Etymology From fresh + -ness.
1
Usually The state or quality of being fresh.
- the clear freshness of water from a mountain spring
2
UK, Usually Impudence; cheek.
- "Now we're getting on, sir," was the mollified admission. "You mustn't mind a bit of freshness, so to speak. You took me by surprise, that's what it was, and I've been wound up ever since that happened."1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC: