gruesomenessesとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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gruesomenesses

1. Plural form of gruesomeness
   • 1948, Alan Reynolds Thompson, The Dry Mock: A Study of Irony in Drama‎, page 184:

     That Euripides' taste ran often to such gruesomenesses is indicated by the plots of some of his lost tragedies.

   • 1963, Norman Macrae, Sunshades in October, page 50:

     Some aspects of its gruesomenesses — reputedly including a cut in family allowances — proved too Bumble-like for the cabinet to swallow

   • 2003, Michael Hofmann, “The Cartel”, in The Collected Stories of Joseph Roth‎^[1], translation of original by Joseph Roth, published 1923, page 74:

     He did an express service in murders and assaults, specializing in hacked-up bodies and other gruesomenesses