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hellishness|ˈhɛlɪʃnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being hellish; infernal or damnable nature or disposition.
1608Machin Dumb Knt. iv. in Hazl. Dodsley X. 182, I was..star-cross'd with some hag's hellishness. 1648Gage West Ind. xiv. 82 Outward seeming and frothy sanctity, and inward hellishnesse. 1826in Cobbett Rur. Rides (1885) II. 192 Enough to convince any one of the hellishness of this system! 1854Duff in G. Smith Life xxi. (1881) 342 Such utter absolute hellishness I never saw surpassed. |