desertness

English

Etymology

desert +‎ -ness

Noun

desertness (uncountable)

(archaic) The condition of being deserted.
- 1549, Erasmus, “(please specify the book of the Bible, or other title)”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall; et al.], transl., The Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Newe Testamente, London: […] Edwarde Whitchurche:
  The desertnesse of the countrey lying waste and saluage

References

“desertness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

restedness

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