Where does rottenness come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

rottenness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

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Countable; Uncountable

"The track was further weakened by the too wide spacing of the sleepers, most of which "were in the last stage of rottenness.""
"Slowly Matilda sat down. Oh, the rottenness of it all! The unfairness! How dare they expel her for something she hadn't done!"

From Middle English rotennesse; equivalent to rotten + -ness.

rottennesses (plural)

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