Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for REST'LESS-NESS
REST'LESS-NESS, n.
- Uneasiness; unquietness; a state of disturbance or agitation, either of body or mind.
- Want of sleep or rest; uneasiness. – Harvey.
- Motion; agitation; as, the restlessness of the magnetic needle. – Boyle.
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