Meanings
nounbarrenness (usually uncountable, plural barrennesses)
plural barrennesses
- uncountableusuallyThe property of being barren; the property of not supporting life.
‘She has come with a garment of sorrow and barrenness; she will return with a garment of twins.’
2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 257
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishbareynnesse
- Englishbarrenness
From Middle English bareynnesse; equivalent to barren + -ness.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Esperanto senfrukteco
- senfruktecobarren; not supporting life
Irish loime, seisce
- loimebarren; not supporting life
- seiscebarren; not supporting life
- neamthorthúlachtbarren; not supporting life
- aimride (infertility)barren; not supporting life
Polish bezpłodność
- bezpłodnośćbarren; not supporting life
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barrenness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barrenness
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“barrenness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barrenness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barrenness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barrenness.
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