Associations to the word «Barrenness»

Wiktionary

BARRENNESS, noun. The property of being barren; the property of not supporting life.

Dictionary definition

BARRENNESS, noun. The state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children.
BARRENNESS, noun. The quality of yielding nothing of value.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.