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Middle English
Etymology
From Old French cruauté, from cruel. Doublet of crudelite and equivalent to cruel + -te.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkriu̯ɛlteː/, /ˈkriu̯alteː/, /ˈkriu̯əlteː/
Noun
cruelte (plural crueltes)
- The state of being cruel; cruelness, cruelty, ruthlessness.
- Viciousness, ferociousness; the state of being fierce.
- (rare) Strictness, unforgivingness.
- (rare) Injuriousness, painfulness.
Usage notes
This word, as in modern English, is more common than its synonym cruelnesse.
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