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Definition of Jumpiness
1. Noun. The anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters.
Generic synonyms: Anxiety
Derivative terms: Jittery, Jumpy, Nervous, Nervous, Restive
Definition of Jumpiness
1. Noun. the state of being jumpy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jumpiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jumpiness
Literary usage of Jumpiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Personnel Administration: Its Principles and Practice by Ordway Tead, Henry Clayton Metcalf (1920)
"It distracts attention, creates an irritating feeling of "jumpiness" and generally
reduces the equanimity and efficiency of the affected person. ..."
2. Criminal Justice & Community Response to Rape by Joel Epstein (1995)
"... jumpiness, and physiological reactions such as sweating or a fast heartbeat
when exposed to events that symbolize or resemble the trauma). ..."
3. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"... some genes are lost (eg, those that produce extreme jumpiness, shock reactions
to testing procedures, or reduce fertility in a cage environment). ..."
4. Counsels and Ideals from the Writings of William Osler by William Osler (1921)
"sg *> There is a state the very opposite of that of which jumpiness. we have been
speaking, seen in man and nations, and best described by the word nerves, ..."
5. The Secrets of the Vatican by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen, Francis Bourne (1907)
"... of which the colours are lovely ; or the jumpiness and gaudiness of the figure
in the Resurrection, which has such a beautiful city background. ..."
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