Searness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being dry and withered. uncountable

    "[…] and what few leaves remain below, bearing all the searness and yellowness of autumn, and only waiting a strong wind to scatter the whole."

Example

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"[…] and what few leaves remain below, bearing all the searness and yellowness of autumn, and only waiting a strong wind to scatter the whole."

Etymology

From sear + -ness.

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