Leerness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality of being leer; lack; emptiness; dullness. archaic, obsolete, uncountable
"It cometh from the very chilled maw, or from the too much heated maw, or from too mickle fulness, or of too mickle leerness, that is emptiness, or of evil wet or humour rending and scarifying the maw."
Example
More examples"It cometh from the very chilled maw, or from the too much heated maw, or from too mickle fulness, or of too mickle leerness, that is emptiness, or of evil wet or humour rending and scarifying the maw."
Etymology
From Middle English lereness, from Old English lǣrnes (“emptiness”), equivalent to leer (“empty”) + -ness.
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