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grisliness|ˈgrɪzlɪnɪs|
[f. grisly a. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being grisly; horribleness, gruesomeness.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 2310 Ne swa sleygh payntur never nan was..Þat couthe ymagyn of þair gryslynes. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋790 (Harl. MS.) Þey schuln haue..hunger and þurst and grislines of deueles þat schul alto-tere hem wiþout respit. [Cf. grimness.] a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. (1622) 251 That ill agreeing musicke, which was beautified with the grislynesse of wounds [etc.]. 1591Florio 2nd Fruites 131 G. What, is she so loathsome? L. More than grislenes or hell it selfe. 1631R. Bolton Comf. Affl. Consc. 307 Hee..addes more grisselinesse to his many hatefull transgressions. 1867Howells Ital. Journ. 209 All the horrors for which we had come were then in perfect grisliness. |