Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RUG'GED-NESS
RUG'GED-NESS, n.
- The quality or state of being rugged; a roughness; asperity of surface; as, the ruggedness of land or of roads.
- Roughness of temper; harshness; surliness.
- Coarseness; rudeness of manners.
- Storminess; boisterousness; as of a season.
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