retheness

English

Etymology

From Middle English rethnes, from Old English rēþnes (“fierceness, rage, cruelty, severity, zeal, savageness, ferocity, harshness, storminess”), equivalent to rethe +‎ -ness. Cognate with Scots rethnas (“retheness”).

Noun

retheness (uncountable)

1. (Now chiefly dialectal) The character, state, or condition of being rethe; fierceness; wildness; roughness; harshness; sternness; cruelty.

Anagrams

• Threeness, thereness, threeness