abusiveness
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbjuː.sɪv.nəs/
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈbju.sɪv.nəs/
Noun
abusiveness (uncountable)
- 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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Translations
the quality of being abusive
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References
- ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 11
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