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sulkiness
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sulkiness, n. [For sulkenness, fr. AS. solcen slothful, remiss, in āsolcen, besolcen, properly p. p. of sealcan in āsealcan to be weak or slothful; of uncertain origin.].
The quality or state of being sulky; sullenness; moroseness; as, sulkiness of disposition. [1913 Webster]
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