insensibleness

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English

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Etymology

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From insensible +‎ -ness.

Noun

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insensibleness (uncountable)

  1. Insensibility.
    • 1648, J[oseph] Hall, chapter LI, in Select Thoughts: Or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit. [], London: [] Nath[aniel] Brooke, [], published 1654, →OCLC, page 150:
      O thou that art the great Phyſitian in Heaven, firſt cure our inſenſibleneſs; make thou us as ſick of our ſins, as vve have made our ſelves ſick by ſin, and then ſpeak the vvord, and vve ſhall be vvhole.