weather-beatenness

comparative more weather-beatenness · superlative most weather-beatenness

1. The quality of being weather-beaten.

   I had often noticed him in the morning cutter with Red Swab, and had been attracted by his look of charm, distinction, and weather-beatenness.

   1947, John Masefield, New Chum, page 157

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   Nevertheless, it surely is not the case that the weather effects on the fence cause the weather-beatenness, that is, let us say, the dried and faded condition of the fence.

   1978, Guy Sircello, Mind and Art: An Essay on the Varieties of Expression, page 250

   The coloration of the nose, lips, ears, and palpebral conjunctiva is the chief feature of the facies in this malady, presenting an appearance which may be described as a combination of weather-beatenness, plethora, and cyanosis.

   2014, F. Dudley Hart, French's Index of Differential Diagnosis, page 279