Added 9 October 2026
busyness
/ˈbɪz.i.nɪs/ noun
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Origin
From busy + -ness; the ⟨y⟩ (-y) is kept to distinguish from business (of which it is a doublet), which is derived from the same two morphemes but by regular spelling rules.
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