abusiveness

English

Etymology

abusive +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

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. “abusiveness” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 11.
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