desertness

noun

desertness

noun

Etymology From desert + -ness.

1

Archaic The condition of being deserted.

The desertnesse of the countrey lying waste and saluage1549, 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:

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