scathingness

noun

scathingness

noun

Etymology From scathing + -ness.

1

The quality of being scathing.

For all his scathingness, and despite his unremitting intellect, Mr. Joyce was a romantic when it came to women.2003, Jefferey Simons, Silverpowdered olivetrees: reading Joyce in Spain:

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