fruitlessness, aridity, barrenness
(noun) the quality of yielding nothing of value
barrenness
(noun) the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children
Source: WordNet® 3.1
barrenness (usually uncountable, plural barrennesses)
The property of being barren; the property of not supporting life.
Source: Wiktionary
Bar"ren*ness, n.
Definition: The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness. A total barrenness of invention. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 February 2025
(noun) an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung’s disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
