caˈdaverousness [f. as prec. + -ness.] Cadaverous quality; the condition of a dead body. 1669W. Simpson Hydrol. Chym. 75 This depraved, circulated matter, hath reached so far..as to acquire a virulency or cadaverousness.1839Poe Fall Ho. UsherWks. 1846 I. 295 A cadaverousness of complexion.