"rottingness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From Middle English rotyngnesse; equivalent to rotting + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|rotyngnesse}} Middle English rotyngnesse, {{af|en|rotting|-ness}} rotting + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} rottingness (uncountable)
  1. (rare) Something which is undergoing rot or decomposition. Tags: rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-rottingness-en-noun-jUvtAoV9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

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          "text": "In such an enclosing autism the knowledge that God suffers one's agony can be a delivering knowledge indeed: One is not at all a vessel of rottingness; one is a real, living, feeling consciousness, even in the extreme experience of suffering - […]",
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