Barrenness
['bærənnis]
Definition
(noun.) the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children.
Inputed by Dennis--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness.
Edited by Leah
Examples
- In the heath's barrenness to the farmer lay its fertility to the historian. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Some coal mines, advantageously situated, cannot be wrought on account of their barrenness. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The sunshine was not shed on rough barrenness; it fell on soft bloom. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It is a proof only of the barrenness of the mines which happened at that time to supply the commercial world. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It was one of those lovely winter-days which assert the capacity of nature to bestow beauty on barrenness. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Barrenness, so frequent among women of fashion, is very rare among those of inferior station. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He felt full of barrenness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Editor: Seth