abusiveness

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English

Etymology

abusive +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

Noun

abusiveness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person.
    • 1633, George Herbert, The Temple:
      Pick out mirth, like stones out of thy ground, Profaneness, filthiness, abusiveness

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References

  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abusiveness”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 11.