cruelnesse
Middle English
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editcruelnesse (uncountable)
- The state of being cruel; cruelness, ruthlessness.
- Viciousness, ferociousness; the state of being fierce.
- (rare) Strictness, unforgivingness.
- (rare) Injuriousness, dangerousness.
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edit- “crūē̆lnesse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-12.