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burstenness

burstenness noun: a broken or bruised condition; brokenness; in the extract, a mass of bruises.

Noun

burstenness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A broken or bruised condition; brokenness; in the extract, a mass of bruises.
  2. (obsolete) A rupture; a hernia.
    • The leaf bruised and laid to any green wound in the hands or legs, doth heal them quickly; and being bound to the throat, much helpeth the quinsy; it helpeth also ruptures and burstenness.1814?, Nicholas Culpeper, Parkins, The English Physician

burstenness meaning in Kannada

burstenness in Kannada

ಸ್ಫೋಟ

Origin of burstenness

From bursten + -ness. Compare also burstness.

Questions about burstenness

What does burstenness mean?
Burstenness means a broken or bruised condition; brokenness; in the extract, a mass of bruises.
What is burstenness in Kannada?
Burstenness in Kannada is ಸ್ಫೋಟ. See Burstenness meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is burstenness?
Burstenness is a noun.

Words near burstenness in the dictionary

  1. bursted
  2. bursted in
  3. Burstein
  4. Bursteins
  5. bursten
  6. burstenness
  7. burster
  8. bursters
  9. bursteth
  10. burstier
  11. burstiest

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: burstenness (page history and authors); burstenness (Kannada 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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