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Dreariness

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Noun
  1. 1
    The characteristic of being dreary. countable, uncountable

    "What tho’ the moon—the white moon Shed all the splendour of her noon, Her smile is chilly—and her beam, In that time of dreariness, will seem (So like you gather in your breath) A portrait taken after death."

  2. 2
    extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English drerinesse, drerynesse, from Old English drēoriġnys (“dreariness, sadness”), equivalent to dreary + -ness.

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