stiffness

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noun

Plural noun:

stiffnesses

1.
(countable, uncountable)Rigidity or a measure of rigidity.
2.
(countable, uncountable)Inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility.
3.
(countable, uncountable)Inelegance; a lack of relaxedness.
His stiffness hampered the conversation.
4.
(countable, uncountable)Muscular tension due to unaccustomed or excessive exercise or work; soreness.

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English stiffenes, styffenesse, styfnesse; equivalent to stiff + -ness. Perhaps merging with stithnesse, stithnysse, from Old English stīþness (stiffness).