gallousness

noun

gallousness

noun

Etymology From gallous + -ness.

1

Impishness; mischief.

Then she sang, with an exaggeration of her native gallousness, several sentimental ballads of the day.1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 83:

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