rawness

rawness
raw ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of food) uncooked. 2) (of a material or substance) in its natural state; not processed. 3) (of data) not organized, analysed, or evaluated. 4) new and lacking in experience in an activity or job. 5) (of the skin) red and painful, especially as the result of abrasion. 6) (of the nerves) very sensitive. 7) (of an emotion or quality) strong and undisguised. 8) (of the weather) bleak, cold, and damp. 9) (of the edge of a piece of cloth) not having a hem or selvedge.
● in the raw — Cf. ↑in the raw
DERIVATIVES rawly adverb rawness noun.
ORIGIN Old English.

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