BARRENNESS

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


Etymology

Noun

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



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Word of the Day

3 April 2025

WHOLE

(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.

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