dyingness en · NOUN
Etymology
From dying + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state of dying or the stimulation of such a state; extreme languor.
Tenderness becomes me best, a sort of dyingness; you see that picture, Foible, — a swimmingness in the eyes; yes, I'll look so.
1700, [William] Congreve, The Way of the World, a Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):