[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The quality of being boorish; rusticity, rudeness.

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1794.  Godwin, Cal. Williams, 247. The boorishness of his rank in society.

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1866.  Sat. Rev., 13 Jan., 37/1. The curious mixture of feudal arrogance and clumsy boorishness … surviving among Prussian aristocrats.

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