burstenness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A broken or bruised condition; brokenness; in the extract, a mass of bruises.
  2. A rupture; a hernia.

Word forms

burstenness

Etymology

From bursten + -ness. Compare also burstness.

Related words

bursten burstness
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