searness

noun

searness

noun

Etymology From sear + -ness.

1

The state of being dry and withered.

[…] and what few leaves remain below, bearing all the searness and yellowness of autumn, and only waiting a strong wind to scatter the whole.1849, European Life and Manners, page 269:

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