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searness

searness noun: the state of being dry and withered.

Noun

searness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being dry and withered.
    • […] and what few leaves remain below, bearing all the searness and yellowness of autumn, and only waiting a strong wind to scatter the whole.1849, European Life and Manners, page 269

Origin of searness

From sear + -ness.

Questions about searness

What does searness mean?
Searness means the state of being dry and withered.
What part of speech is searness?
Searness is a noun.

Words near searness in the dictionary

  1. Searles Valley
  2. searlesite
  3. searlesites
  4. Searls
  5. Searlses
  6. searness
  7. searobin
  8. searobins
  9. searocket
  10. searockets
  11. sears

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