rottedness
rottedness noun: rottenness.
Noun
rottedness (uncountable)
- rottenness
- That in others of these states, [and particularly in those to the eastward of the union,¹] this germ of rottedness in the constitution of juries has been carefully excluded, and their laws have provided with laudable foresight for the appointment of jurors by selectmen chosen by the people...1798 October, Thomas Jefferson, “Petition of the Election of Jurors”, in The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: 1795-1801, published 1896, page 285
- To behold earth itself as compost (rather than a small section or heap of it) is to behold it in the condition of rottedness and manure, of waste and leavings. But the shift is not only tonal or textural, from sweet green growth to fetid brown decay.1980, Enid Rhodes Peschel, Medicine and literature, page 197
- Synonyms:
- rottenness
Synonyms of rottedness
Origin of rottedness
From Middle English rotednesse; equivalent to rotted + -ness.
Questions about rottedness
- What does rottedness mean?
- Rottedness means rottenness.
- What part of speech is rottedness?
- Rottedness is a noun.
Words near rottedness in the dictionary
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