torturedness
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Etymology edit
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torturedness (uncountable)
- The quality of being tortured.
- 1973, D. G. Dufty, Grant Stewart Harman, Keith John Swan, Historians at work: investigating and recreating the past, page 59:
- The noble man must be praised (and perhaps also debunked) and the rogue condemned (with appreciation, where relevant, of his charm or torturedness).