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goriness

  • a word derived from gory.

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But for Wylie, it was "the visual thing, the connection with fountains which I liked, not the goriness of it".

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

‘Star Wars’ is hopefully a feeble attempt to make up for that lack, without goriness or violence.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 5, 2015

The Scandinavians are in general more interested in the sociology of crime than in the goriness of it.

From Economist Aug. 30, 2012

But Mr Baildon is scarcely alone in this error: few people have understood properly the goriness of Stevenson.

From Twelve Types by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

But Mr. Baildon is scarcely alone in this error: few people have understood properly the goriness of Stevenson.

From Varied Types by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)