jumpiness

noun

jumpiness

noun

Etymology From jumpy + -ness.

1

The state of being jumpy.

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

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