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Webster 1913 Edition
Abusiveness
A-bu′sive-ness
,Noun.
The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person.
Pick out mirth, like stones out of thy ground,
Profaneness, filthiness,
Profaneness, filthiness,
abusiveness
. Herbert.
Webster 1828 Edition
Abusiveness
ABU'SIVENESS
,Noun.
Definition 2024
abusiveness
abusiveness
English
Noun
abusiveness (uncountable)
- The quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person. [First attested in the mid 17th century.][1]
- 1633, George Herbert, The Temple:
- Pick out mirth, like stones out of thy ground, Profaneness, filthiness, abusiveness
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Translations
the quality of being abusive
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References
- ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 11