"swainishness" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1876, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Social Aims”, in Letters and Social Aims, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, pages 86–87:",
          "text": "But there are people who cannot be cultivated,—people on whom speech makes no impression,—swainish, morose people, who must be kept down and quieted as you would those who are a little tipsy; others, who are not only swainish, but are prompt to take oath that swainishness is the only culture; and though their odd wit may have some salt for you, your friends would not relish it.",
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