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Webster 1913 Edition


Abusiveness

A-bu′sive-ness

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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,
abusiveness
.
Herbert.

Webster 1828 Edition


Abusiveness

ABU'SIVENESS

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Noun.
Ill-usage; the quality of being abusive; rudeness of language, or violence to the person.

Definition 2024


abusiveness

abusiveness

English

Noun

abusiveness (uncountable)

  1. 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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References

  1. Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 11