tossment

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English

Etymology

From toss +‎ -ment.

Noun

tossment (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Tossing; moving restlessly.
    • quoted in 1866, Henry Dircks, Worcesteriana: a Collection of Literary Authorities (page 18)
      After so long a voyage as three score and 16 years tossment upon the waves of this troublesome world.
    • 1875, E. F. B., Sandycourt: a Tale, page 69:
      Ortúzar lays his hand upon “The Poppet's” curly head, which is more than usually curly after a night's tossment, and asks, “What shall you say to el padre this morning?”