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inoffensiveness|ɪnəˈfɛnsɪvnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being inoffensive; harmlessness.
1641‘Smectymnuus’ Vind. Answ. ii. 35 But might the complying of our Papists be attributed soly to the inoffensivenesse of our Liturgie. 1663Boyle Usef. Exp. Nat. Philos. ii. 50 Christ commands his Disciples to learn of Serpents and Pigeons prudence and inoffensiveness. 1750Pringle in Phil. Trans. XLVI. 482 What makes the Difference between the stale Urine and other putrid Substances still more specific, is, its Inoffensiveness with regard to Health. a1854H. Reed Lect. Eng. Hist. ix. (1855) 285 His offence was nothing more than his pure inoffensiveness, his unresisting meekness. |