averseness

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English averse 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 averseness From averse + -ness.

1. The quality of being averse; opposition of mind.

   “Oh the stubburnnesse of iniquitie, and mans auersenesse from his maker.”

   “[…] the Fondness or Averseness of the Child to some Servants […] will at any time let one know, whether their Love to the Baby is uniform and the same, when one is absent, as present.”