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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Stiffness

· Stiff·ness · IPA /stˈɪfnəs/
01 n. The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.
  1. 1.
    The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.
    “The vices of old age have the stiffness of it too.” — South.