astringencyn.
/əˈstrɪndʒənsi/ 1. Astringent quality.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > astringent or restringent preparations > [noun] > quality of
stypticityc1400
stypticnessc1425
stypticalness1528
astriction1551
strictiveness1580
astringency1601
restringency1759
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 510 Astringencie of Vitrioll.
1743 tr. L. Heister Gen. Syst. Surg. I. i. 46 Caustic Medicines, which act by their great astringency.
1881 A. B. Griffiths in Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 17 249/1 The astringency of tea is due to the tannin present.
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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [noun] > compression or constriction > state or condition
compression1603
astringency1669
comprehension1712
1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 344 [It] gives a gentle astringency to the Membranous Parts.
3. figurative. Harshness, sternness, austerity.
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society > authority > strictness > [noun] > severity or sternness
rethenesseOE
grimness971
hardnessOE
sternhead1297
sharpnessa1325
reddoura1375
fiercetya1382
sternness1382
fiercenessc1384
sturdinessc1384
fellnessc1410
austeritya1425
raddourc1440
austerenessa1450
severity1530
cruelness1537
cruelty1556
severeness1579
tender mercies1611
piquancya1677
Draconianism1819
astringency1823
Draconism1832
hard-handedness1849
starkness1884
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [noun]
rethenesseOE
grimness971
sternhead1297
sharpnessa1325
reddoura1375
sternness1382
fiercenessc1384
sturdinessc1384
duressc1400
fellnessc1410
austeritya1425
harshnessc1480
roughness1530
severity1530
durity1543
ungentleness1548
severeness1579
ruggedness1638
atrocity1641
austereness1646
piquancya1677
Draconianism1819
astringency1823
Draconism1832
starkness1884
1823 J. Galt Entail II. xix. 179 The doubtful credit of any wiser person might produce the same astringency.
1865 J. W. Draper Intell. Devel. Europe xxi. 504 The lank-haired Puritan..his face corrugated with religious astringency.
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