(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:16:50

Ear"i*ness (?), n. [Scotch ery or eiry affected with fear.]

Fear or timidity, especially of something supernatural.

[Written also eiryness.]

The sense of eariness, as twilight came on. De Quincey.

 

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