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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DIRENESS
n.
Terribleness;
horror;
dismalness.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DIRENESS
Dire
"
ness,
n.
Etym:
[Dire- + -
ness.
]
Defn:
Terribleness;
horror;
woefulness.
Shak.