dyingness

English

Etymology

From dying +‎ -ness.

Noun

dyingness (uncountable)

1. The state of dying or the stimulation of such a state; extreme languor.
   • 1700, [William] Congreve, The Way of the World, a Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     Tenderness becomes me best, a sort of dyingness; you see that picture, Foible, — a swimmingness in the eyes; yes, I'll look so.

References

“dyingness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.