hearsomeness

noun

1. Obedience; submission to authority.

   rare, uncountable

   Thus the hearsomeness of the burger felicitates the whole of the polis.

Where it comes from

From Middle English hersumnesse, from Old English hīersumnes (“obedience”), equivalent to hearsome + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian hearsumens (“obedience”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry hearsomeness (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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