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anxiousness

noun

  1. anxiety (quality/state of being anxious)
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-der. Proto-Italic *anɣō Latin angō Latin ānxiusbor. English anxious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English anxiousness From anxious + -ness.

  1. The state of being anxious.
  2. A feeling of anxiety.