searedness

English

Etymology

From seared +‎ -ness.

Noun

searedness (uncountable)

1. The state of being seared or callous; insensibility.
   • 1620, Joseph Hall, The Honour of the Married Clergy:

     He wonders at my extreme prodigality of credit, and searedness of conscience, in citing an epistle so convicted by Bellarmine!

Anagrams

• dearnesses