leernessn.
/ˈlɪənɪs/ Emptiness.
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the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [noun] > emptiness
leernessc1000
vanitya1400
emptinessc1450
inanity1607
vacuation1611
blankness1850
c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 60 Se micla geoxa..cymð..of to micelre fylle, oððe of to micelre lærnesse.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS.) (1495) xiv. ii Mounteynes ben sumtyme withinne ful of holownesse, and of dennes; and so by cause of voydenesse and of lerenesse it draweþ and soukeþ in water.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vii. xliv. 257 Appetite of the stomak comyth by cause of lerenes and voydnes.
1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 25 Arthrite..often causeth learness with weaknesse of the joynts.
1893 S. J. Gee Auscult. & Percuss. (ed. 4) iii. 62 The prime property assigned by Skoda to a percussion-sound, its fulness or its leerness..is in fact a compound perception.
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n.c1000- slimtailed
- slimtextured
- slimwaisted
- slimy
- slimy-born
- slimy-coated
- slimyborn
- slimycoated
- sline
- sling
- sling back
- sling chair
- sling hash
- sling in or up
- sling ink
- sling load
- sling mud
- sling off
- sling off at
- sling one's daniel or hook
- sling one's hammock
- sling one's hook
- sling pump
- sling the bat
- sling the bull