fearsomeness

noun

Etymology

From fearsome + -ness.

  1. inherited from fǣran
  2. inherited from feren
  3. derived from *per-
  4. inherited from *fērō
  5. inherited from fǣr
  6. inherited from feer
  7. formed as fearsome — “fear + -some
  8. suffixed as fearsomeness — “fearsome + ness

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being fearsome.

    • Of all the naturalists to choose to make a victim! Mr. Irwin, of course, had gained celebrity engaging with unwieldy and lethal reptiles as if they were, on a scale of fearsomeness, roughly equivalent to a table of society matrons at tea.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA