"bossiness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bossinesses [plural]
Etymology: From bossy + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bossy|ness}} bossy + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} bossiness (usually uncountable, plural bossinesses)
  1. The characteristic of being bossy. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: pushiness, cockiness, forwardness, bumptiousness Translations (the characteristic of being bossy): Bevormundung [feminine] (German), Rechthaberei [feminine] (German), Herrschsucht [feminine] (German), caporalismo [masculine] (Italian), rampantismo [masculine] (Italian), mainshtyraght [feminine] (Manx)
    Sense id: en-bossiness-en-noun-PhHiEHWy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

Inflected forms

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