rottenness
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English rotennesse; equivalent to rotten + -ness.
Noun
[edit]rottenness (countable and uncountable, plural rottennesses)
- The quality of being rotten.
- Synonym: rottedness
- 1946 July and August, “The Royston Accident, G.N.R., July 3, 1866”, in Railway Magazine, pages 216, 219:
- The track was further weakened by the too wide spacing of the sleepers, most of which "were in the last stage of rottenness."
- 1988, Roald Dahl, Matilda:
- Slowly Matilda sat down. Oh, the rottenness of it all! The unfairness! How dare they expel her for something she hadn't done!