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Webster 1913 Edition

Soreness

Sore′ness

,
Noun.
The quality or state of being sore; tenderness; painfull;
as, the
soreness
of a wound; the
soreness
of an affliction
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Soreness

SO'RENESS

,
Noun.
[from sore.]
1.
The tenderness of any part of an animal body, which renders it extremely susceptible of pain from pressure; as the soreness of a boil, an abscess or wound.
2.
Figuratively, tenderness of mind, or susceptibility of mental pain.

Definition 2024

soreness

soreness

English

Noun

soreness ‎(usually uncountable, plural sorenesses)

  1. The property, state, or condition of being sore; painfulness.
    The salve made the soreness go away, but with the aches gone I suddenly noticed my other pains.

Translations

Etymology

From Middle English sornesse, sarnesse, from Old English sārness ‎(“bodily pain; mental pain, affliction, grief”), equivalent to sore +‎ -ness. Cognate with Scots sairness ‎(“soreness”).

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