abusiveness
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbjuː.sɪv.nəs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /əˈbju.sɪv.nəs/
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
Translations
the quality of being abusive
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References
- ^ 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.