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numbness|ˈnʌmnɪs|
Also 6 nomme-, 6–8 num-, 7 numm-.
[f. numb a. + -ness.]
The state or condition of being numb. Also fig.
1571Golding Calvin on Ps. lxxi. 15 If the innumerable multitude amend not both our nommenes and our coldnes. 1586A. Day Eng. Secretary i. (1625) 45 The man somewhat before his sicknesse grew into an extreame numnesse. 1643Milton Divorce i. ix. Wks. 1851 IV. 46 Disproportion, contrariety, or numnesse of mind may justly be divorc't. 1673O. Walker Educ. (1677) 71 A stagnation of humors, numnes of the joints, and dulnes in the brain. 1701Lond. Gaz. No. 3714/4 Bruises, Strains, Numbness of any Part. 1753Scots Mag. July 315/1 The nation sinks into the..abyss of numbness, supineness, and indifference. 1820Keats Ode to Nightingale 1 My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense. 1883H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spir. W. (ed. 2) 160 What is the creed of the Agnostic, but the confession of the spiritual numbness of humanity? |