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desertness en · NOUN

Etymology

From desert + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, uncountable) The condition of being deserted.
    • The desertnesse of the countrey lying waste and saluage 1549, Erasmus, “(please specify the book of the Bible, or other title)”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall; et al.], transl., The Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Newe Testamente, London: […] Edwarde Whitchurche: