Burningness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The property of burning or seeming to burn. rare, uncountable
"Finally the sheer unfulfilled burningness of sexual desire seems heightened and beautiful in the regal past, but completely passive, beaten down and 'supine' in the low-life present."
Example
More examples"Finally the sheer unfulfilled burningness of sexual desire seems heightened and beautiful in the regal past, but completely passive, beaten down and 'supine' in the low-life present."
Etymology
From burning + -ness.
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