CUSSEDNESS

Cuss″ed‐ness (?), n. [[Cussed (for cursed) + -ness.]] Disposition to willful wrongdoing; malignity; perversity; cantankerousness; obstinacy. In her opinion it was all pure “cussedness.” Mrs. Humphry Ward. Disputatiousness and perversity (what the Americans call “cussedness”). James Bryce.