suspiciousness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SUSPI'CIOUSNESS, noun The quality of being liable to suspicion, or liable to be suspected; as the suspiciousness of a man's appearance, of his weapons or of his actions. 1. The quality or state of being apt to suspect; as the suspiciousness of a man's temper or mind.
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