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direness|ˈdaɪənɪs|
[f. dire a. + -ness.]
The quality of being dire or of dreadful operation.
1605Shakes. Macb. v. v. 14, I haue supt full with horrors; Direnesse, familiar to my slaughterous thoughts, Cannot once start me. 1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God 356 Trismegistus and Capella averre the direnesse of his [Mercury's] name. 1833M. Scott Tom Cringle xvii. (1859) 458 Direness of this kind cannot daunt me. |
