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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

torturedness en · NOUN

Etymology

From tortured + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being tortured.
    • The noble man must be praised (and perhaps also debunked) and the rogue condemned (with appreciation, where relevant, of his charm or torturedness). 1973, D. G. Dufty, Grant Stewart Harman, Keith John Swan, Historians at work: investigating and recreating the past, page 59: