Where does cruelness come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

cruelness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

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"‘Sea! You listening to me at this moment I am speaking to you? You are full of cruelness, you are like women, you sea! Have you finished with me yet or what?’"

From Middle English cruelnesse; equivalent to cruel + -ness.

cruelnesses (plural)

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