craggedness
(ˈkrægɪdnɪs)
[f. cragged a.1 + -ness.]
The quality of being cragged; ruggedness, roughness.
| 1598 Florio, Ruuidezza, roughnes..sharpnes, craggednes. 1601 R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 7 By the reason of the craggednes and hard passages of their country. 1616 Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 8 Falling through the downe-right places of stones and craggednesse of the Rocks. 1697 R. Pierce Bath Mem. ii. viii. 367 [He] voided much Gravil, and Stones of a considerable bigness and craggedness. 1812 J. J. Henry Camp. agst. Quebec 181 A bleak and dreary coast and country, whose craggedness inspired disagreeable sensations. |