searness

searness

English

Etymology

From sear +‎ -ness.

Noun

searness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being dry and withered.
    • 1849, European Life and Manners, page 269:
      […] and what few leaves remain below, bearing all the searness and yellowness of autumn, and only waiting a strong wind to scatter the whole.
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