rawness

noun

Etymology

From raw + -ness.

  1. derived from *krewh₂-
  2. inherited from *hrawaz
  3. inherited from *hrau
  4. inherited from hrēaw
  5. inherited from rawe
  6. suffixed as rawness — “raw + ness

Definitions

  1. The property of being raw.

    • The day broke gray and dull. The clouds hung heavily, and there was a rawness in the air that suggested snow.
    • Now, in spite of all sorts of defects, all sorts of woollinesses and rawnesses, the American novel is superior to either the English or the French; it is indeed superior, I think, to any European novel […]

The neighborhood

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