irksomeness

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English irkesumnesse, irksomnes, irksumnes, urkesommenesse, yrkesumnesse; equivalent to irksome +‎ -ness. === Noun === irksomeness (countable and uncountable, plural irksomenesses) The state of being irksome Synonyms: vexatiousness, tediousness, wearisomeness ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “irksomeness”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.