hotness

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From Middle English hotnes, from Old English hātnes (“hotness, heat”), equivalent to hot + -ness.

The day in his hotness, The strife with the palm; The night in her silence, The stars in their calm. — Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold, Matthew Arnold
The redness and hotness of the stare he imposed upon the friend of more than one adventurous expedition slowly receded, leaving only the glassiness in evidence. — Peter the Brazen: A Mystery Story of Modern China, George F. (George Frank) Worts
We made a tent out of the kitchen clothes-horse and some blankets off our beds, and though it was quite as hot in the tent as in the house it was a very different sort of hotness. — The Story of the Treasure Seekers: Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune, E. (Edith) Nesbit

heat, high temperature

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