desertness
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
desertness (uncountable)
- (archaic) The condition of being deserted.
- 1549, 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:
- The desertnesse of the countrey lying waste and saluage
References edit
- “desertness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.