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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Eariness

· Ear·i·ness · IPA /ˈɪəɹɪnəs/
01 n. Fear or timidity, especially of something supernatural.
  1. 1.
    Fear or timidity, especially of something supernatural.
    “The sense of eariness, as twilight came on.” De Quincey.