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Webster 1913 Edition
Poorness
Poor′ness
,Noun.
The quality or state of being poor (in any of the senses of the adjective).
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Webster 1828 Edition
Poorness
POOR'NESS
,Noun.
No less I hate him than the gates of hell,
That poorness can force an untruth to tell.
[In this sense, we generally use poverty.]
1.
Meanness; lowness; want of dignity; as the poorness of language.2.
Want of spirit; as poorness and degeneracy of spirit.3.
Barrenness; sterility; as the poorness of land or soil.4.
Unproductiveness; want of the metallic substance; as the poorness of ore.5.
Smallness or bad quality; as the poorness of crops or of grain.6.
Want of value or importance; as the poorness of a plea.7.
Want of good qualities, or the proper qualities which constitute a thing good in its kind; as the poorness of a ship or of cloth.8.
Narrowness; barrenness; want of capacity.Poorness of spirit, in a theological sense, true humility or contrition of heart on account of sin.