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bleakness|ˈbliːknɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being bleak; chilly bareness.
1600F. Walker tr. Span. Mandeville 136 a, The bleeknes [printed bleetenes] of this wind..is cause that..the Rivers, ponds, and Lakes are all frozen. 1695Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth ii. (1723) 81 The great Bleakness and Cold of those Countryies. 1851Nichol Archit. Heav. 27 The awful bleakness of space. |