BAR'RENNESS, adverb The quality of not producing its kind; want of the power of conception; applied to animals. 2. Unfruitfulness; sterility, infertility. The quality of not producing at all, or in small quantities; as the barrenness of soil. 3. Want of invention; want of the power of producing any thing new; applied to the mind. 4. Want of matter; scantiness; as the barrenness of a cause. 5. Defect of emotion, sensibility or fervency; as the barrenness of devotion.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI