preˈtensiveness rare.
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
† a. Pretension (obs.). b. Pretentiousness.
| 1710 C. Shadwell Fair Quaker of Deal iii. 35 What Pretensiveness have you to it, Sirrah? 1876 W. M. Taylor Ministry of Word 56 Guilty of the same pretensiveness. |