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formidableness|ˈfɔːmɪdəb(ə)lnɪs| [f. prec. + -ness.] The quality of being formidable.
1659Gentl. Calling viii. §17. 447 That by which we use to discriminate base fear from just caution, is the formidableness of the object feared. 1709J. Johnson Clergm. Vade-m. ii. p. lxxviij, A talk of the formidableness of Church-power. 1832Examiner 260/1 Our author straightway forgets the formidableness of our antagonist. 1891H. S. Constable Horses, Sport & War 218 The formidableness of Russia comes, also, from her increasing population. |