dreariness

English

Etymology

From Middle English drerinesse, drerynesse, from Old English drēoriġnys (“dreariness, sadness”), equivalent to dreary +‎ -ness.

Noun

dreariness (countable and uncountable, plural drearinesses)

  1. The characteristic of being dreary.
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