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Vinony

abrasiveness

noun

  1. quality of being abrasive
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noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English abrasive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English abrasiveness From abrasive + -ness.

  1. The property, quality or instance of being abrasive.

    “The only abrasivenesses in her stories are the ones she deliberately puts there to be smoothed away as her fictional children progress towards the desired conclusion – so that she can begin another story and do the same thing all over again.”