crankiness, crotchetiness, contrariness, grumpiness
(noun) a fussy and eccentric disposition
Source: WordNet® 3.1
crotchetiness (usually uncountable, plural crotchetinesses)
The state or quality of being crotchety.
Source: Wiktionary
Crotch"et*i*ness (krch"t--ns), n.
Definition: The state or character of being crotchety, or whimsical. This belief in rightness is a kind of conscientiousness, and when it degenerates it becomes crotchetiness. J. Grote.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
