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abusiveness|əˈbjuːsɪvnɪs|
[f. abusive + -ness.]
The quality of being abusive: hence,
†1. Wrongness of use, perversion, perversity. Obs.
a1677Barrow ii. 328 (L.) This point doth clearly demonstrate..the abusiveness of evacuating all his [Our Lord's] laborious and expensive designs in acquiring us.
2. Foulness or rudeness of language.
1633G. Herbert Church Porch 236 Pick out of mirth, like stones out of thy ground, Profanenesse, filthinesse, abusivenesse. 1683Wycherly Country Wife iii. i. (R.) I can no longer suffer his scurrilous abusiveness to you. Mod. The abusiveness of their language passes description. |