ultroneousness

Etymology

From ultroneous + -ness.

ultroneousness means the state or quality of being ultroneous; spontaneousness; voluntariness. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why “ultroneousness” is a great word

ULTRONEOUSNESS — [Noun] The state or quality of being spontaneous, voluntary, or undertaken without prompting. From the Latin ultrōneus ("voluntary, spontaneous"), from ultrō ("of one's own accord, voluntarily"), combined with the English adjectival suffix -ous and the noun-forming suffix -ness. Unlike compulsoriness, which implies a mandate from external authority, or reluctance, which connotes a dragging hesitation, ultroneousness is the unadvertised gift, the help offered before the need is spoken, the quiet study of a subject for which no examination will ever be set. It is a quiet testament to the self as its own sufficient cause.

noun

The state or quality of being ultroneous; spontaneousness; voluntariness.“I would certainly make it against law, as it plainly is against nature, for cousins-german to marry; and if we could pair ourselves as we pair our live stock, and give ear to the teaching of an enlightened zoönomy, we might soon drive many of our fellest diseases out of our breed; but the law of personality, of ultroneousness, of free will, that which in a great measure makes us what we are, steps”