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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Cussedness

/(cŭs"ĕd*nĕs)/ · Cuss·ed·ness · IPA
01 n. Disposition to willful wrongdoing; malignity; perversity; cantankerousness; obstinacy.
  1. 1.
    Disposition to willful wrongdoing; malignity; perversity; cantankerousness; obstinacy.[Slang or Colloq., U. S.]
    “In her opinion it was all pure “cussedness.”” — Mrs. Humphry Ward.
    “Disputatiousness and perversity (what the Americans call “cussedness”).” — James Bryce.