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loathsomeness

Today it means: The nature or property that gives rise to revulsion or inspires loathing. Full definition →

Middle English lothsomnesse

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Middle English · inherited fromlothsomnesse
English todayloathsomeness

From Middle English lothsomnesse, loþsumnes, lathsumnes; equivalent to loathsome + -ness.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.