rottedness

Definitions

rottenness

rare, uncountable

Examples

“That in others of these states, [and particularly in those to the eastward of the union,¹] this germ of rottedness in the constitution of juries has been carefully excluded, and their laws have⟳ provided with laudable foresight for the appointment of jurors by selectmen chosen by the people themselves[…]”

“To behold earth itself as compost (rather than a small section or heap of it) is to behold it in the condition of rottedness and manure, of waste⟳ and leavings. But the shift is not only tonal or textural, from sweet green growth to fetid brown decay.”

“[…] Then, in the crisp rottedness / That lines the question⟳ marks of steam / Coiling out of the potholes / Which I manage⟳ to avoid⟳ for the most part, / I ponder my wheelbarrow , and all / Of its inner-meaning, / which is far sweeter […]”

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