Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crankiness \Crank"i*ness\ (kr?nk"?-n?s), n.
   Crankness. --Lowell.

Source : WordNet®

crankiness
     n : a fussy and eccentric disposition [syn: {crotchetiness}, {contrariness},
          {grumpiness}]