highhandedness

See also: high-handedness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English highhanded

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English highhandedness

From highhanded + -ness.

Noun

highhandedness (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of high-handedness.
   • 2023 May 4, Frank Bruni, “Republicans Are Running Wild in My State”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 August 2023:

     Their highhandedness extends to such extraordinary actions as the Tennessee House’s expulsion of two Democratic lawmakers last month and the Montana House’s recent silencing of a transgender Democrat.