barrenness
1Barrenness — Bar ren*ness, n. The condition of being barren; sterility; unproductiveness. [1913 Webster] A total barrenness of invention. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …
2barrenness — index blank (emptiness) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3barrenness — late 14c., literal; mid 14c., figurative (of spiritual emptiness), from BARREN (Cf. barren) + NESS (Cf. ness) …
4barrenness — barren ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of land) too poor to produce vegetation. 2) (of a female animal) unable to bear young. 3) bleak and lifeless. 4) (barren of) without. DERIVATIVES barrenness noun. ORIGIN …
5BARRENNESS AND FERTILITY — BARRENNESS AND FERTILITY, the inability or ability of man and woman to procreate. Procreation is considered a blessing in the Bible and it is a commandment (Gen. 1:28; 9:7; Rashi, ibid.) applicable to all Jewish men, although not to Jewish women… …
6barrenness — noun see barren I …
7barrenness — See barrenly. * * * …
8barrenness — noun The property of being barren; the property of not supporting life …
9barrenness — It was the worst of misfortunes for a Hebrew or Jewish wife not to bear children (1 Sam. 1:10 ff.). So the prediction that women who were childless will be thankful is an indication of how appalling will be the disaster to fall on Jerusalem… …
10barrenness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sterility, unproductiveness, infecundity, infertility, childlessness, effeteness, impotence, desolateness, unfruitfulness, bleakness, emptiness, aridness, aridity, agenesis, unfructuosity. Ant. fertility*, fruitfulness,… …
