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desertness|ˈdɛzətnɪs| [f. desert a. + -ness.] Desert condition; barren desolation.
a1400Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 203 In whylsum place of desertnes. 1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Luke v. 64 The desertenesse of the countrey liyng waste. a1656Ussher Ann. (1658) 773 The desertnesse of the Country..did much afflict them. 1860Ruskin Mod. Paint. V. ix. i. 201 True desertness is not in the want of leaves, but of life. |