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Gaddishness means (nonce word) Quality of being gaddish..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(nonce word) Quality of being gaddish..
1693-1694, Robert Leighton, A Practical Commentary on the First Epistle of St. Peter Elders, be such in grave and pious carriage, whatsoever be your years; for young men may be so, and, possibly, gray hairs may have nothing under them but gaddishness and folly many years old, habituated and inveterate ungodliness!
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Gaddishness means (nonce word) Quality of being gaddish..
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1693-1694, Robert Leighton, A Practical Commentary on the First Epistle of St. Peter Elders, be such in grave and pious carriage, whatsoever be your years; for young men may be so, and, possibly, gray hairs may have nothing under them but gaddishness and folly many years old, habituated and inveterate ungodliness!
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