abusiveness

English

Etymology

abusive +‎ -ness

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbjuː.sɪv.nəs/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbju.sɪv.nəs/

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. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abusiveness”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 11.
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