Definitions
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- noun The state or condition of being
stricken .
Etymologies
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stricken + -ness
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Examples
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Her strickenness told him how much remained for her before the old calm strength was regained: "Dyuba, you'd think 'bout politics and fightin 'in this hour?"
The Rebel Worlds Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1972
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He had spied his master's strickenness, and dashed thither from the target range.
The High Crusade Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1960
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