cariousness

Etymology

From carious + -ness.

cariousness means the state or quality of being carious, an advanced state of corrosion. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

the state or quality of being carious, an advanced state of corrosion.“Ramond found granites in the high chain of the Pyrenees, corroded both externally and internally: not detached blocks alone, he informs us, but whole regions are attacked with this cariousness, the cause of which is still unknown.”