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burliness

burliness noun: the characteristic of being burly.

Noun

burliness (uncountable)

  1. The characteristic of being burly.
    • Nor let the spacious Mound of that great Mercian King
      (Into a lesser roomth thy burlinesse to bring)
      Include thee1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 8 p. 119

burliness meaning in Tamil and Urdu

burliness in Tamil

முரட்டுத்தனம்

burliness in Urdu

حجم, جسامت

Origin of burliness

From burly + -ness. According to the Poly-Olbion project, coined by Michael Drayton in 1612.

Questions about burliness

What does burliness mean?
Burliness means the characteristic of being burly.
What is burliness in Tamil?
Burliness in Tamil is முரட்டுத்தனம். See Burliness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is burliness?
Burliness is a noun.

Words near burliness in the dictionary

  1. burlier
  2. burliest
  3. burlike
  4. burlily
  5. burlin'
  6. burliness
  7. burling
  8. Burlingame
  9. Burlingamer
  10. Burlingamers
  11. Burlingames

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: burliness (page history and authors); burliness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); burliness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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