deadnessn.

/ˈdɛdnɪs/

The condition or quality of being dead, in various senses:

1. literal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > [noun] > state or condition of

deathOE

homeOE

restOE

sleepOE

powderc1300

corruptiona1340

gravec1380

darkness1535

silence1535

tomb1559

iron sleep1573

another country1597

iron slumber1604

deadness1607

deadlihead1612

deadlihood1659

nothingness1813

unlivingness1914

post-mortemity1922

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [noun]

unfeelingness1398

insensibility?1510

senselessness1577

indolency1603

stupidity1603

unfeeling1603

torpidity1614

torpor1626

sleepiness1647

indolence1656

insensibleness1656

narcosis1671

torpidnessa1676

torpitude1713

anaesthesia1721

deadness1764

insentience1862

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 620 To Pluto and to the earth, they sacrificed blacke sheep or lambes, in token of deadnes.

a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VII. 3 Cursing it [sc. the barren fig-tree] to deadness with a word.

1764 T. Woolcombe Let. 25 June in Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) (1771) 60 97 A numbness and deadness of his little..finger.

1881 C. M. Yonge Lads & Lasses Langley ii. 95 The man that..gets the creeping deadness in his bones.

a. figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > want of or incapacity for emotion

dryheada1300

lethargyc1380

drynessc1450

dumping1542

unsensibility1551

insensibleness?1555

unsensibleness?1555

stupidity1568

stolidity1570

stupor1570

dumpishness1574

senselessness1577

innaturality1579

astoniedness1580

impassibility1603

stupefaction1603

torpor1607

deadness1611

unsufferance1611

hebetude1621

nonsense1621

drought1622

hebetation1623

obstupefaction1625

unanswerableness1626

tastelessnessa1631

insensateness1646

impassiveness1648

obtuseness1648

barrenness1655

torpulency1657

sterility1661

spiritlessness1669

unspiritedness1669

unaffectedness1678

insensibility1691

stolidness1727

apathy1742

impenetrableness1747

unfeelingness1766

impassivity1794

unfeeling1805

soullessness1811

incommobility1822

obtusity1823

unimpressibleness1830

hardhead1836

stockishness1837

insensitiveness1838

impenetrability1847

unreceptivity1849

unsusceptibility1850

woodenness1854

unimpressionability1862

irresponsiveness1864

unresponsiveness1869

impassibleness1874

irreceptivity1881

unimpressibility1889

apatheia1893

inemotivity1894

affectlessness1921

insensitivity1957

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [noun]

unkinda1200

barrenhoodc1380

barrennessa1382

geldheada1400

sterility1535

sterileness1558

unfruitfulness1565

infecundity1605

deadness1611

infertility1869

subfertility1917

1611 Bible (King James) Rom. iv. 19 The deadnesse of Saraes wombe.

a1628 J. Preston Saints Daily Exercise (1629) 74 What is a man to doe when hee findes a great indisposition to prayer..a dulnesse, and deadnesse in him.

1642 Petition in Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion (1702) I. iv. 322 By the deadness of Trade.

a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 121 They..Have bloodlesse cheekes, and deadnesse in their eyes.

1738 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) I. 162 Hence my deadness and wanderings in public prayer.

1749 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. II 75 Spiritual Desertions, inward Deadnesses.

1883 H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spiritual World (1884) v. 160 The spiritual deadnèss of humanity.

b. The state of being dead to something.

ΚΠ

1745 J. Wesley Answer to Rev. Church 7 Your Deadness to the World.

1786 F. Burney Diary 17 Sept. (1842) III. 145 The deadness of the whole court to talents and genius.

1858 H. Bushnell Nature & Supernat. xiv Deadness to God and all holy things.

3. Want of some characteristic physical quality; absence of lustre or colour, dullness; want of taste; flatness, insipidity, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [noun]

wearishnessa1398

unsavouriness1422

tastelessness1600

flashinessa1603

wallowishness1603

insipidity1611

insipidnessa1631

deadness1707

flatness1707

mawkishness1727

walshness1808

ditchwateriness1840

savourlessness1841

blandness1846

silence1879

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > cider > [noun] > flatness (of cider)

deadness1707

the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [noun]

whitenessOE

wanness1382

pallorc1400

lewness1611

bloodlessness1646

exsanguinality1651

pallidness1661

pallidity1691

paledness1702

deadness1760

tallowiness1830

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 599 Cyder that hath acquired a Deadness or Flatness by being kept in a Beer or Ale Vessel, is not to be revived again.

1760 S. Fielding Ophelia I. xix. 150 I had perceived..Deadness in the best Complexions.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	deadness
释义	deadnessn. /ˈdɛdnɪs/ The condition or quality of being dead, in various senses: 1. literal. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] > state or condition of deathOE homeOE restOE sleepOE powderc1300 corruptiona1340 gravec1380 darkness1535 silence1535 tomb1559 iron sleep1573 another country1597 iron slumber1604 deadness1607 deadlihead1612 deadlihood1659 nothingness1813 unlivingness1914 post-mortemity1922 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [noun] unfeelingness1398 insensibility?1510 senselessness1577 indolency1603 stupidity1603 unfeeling1603 torpidity1614 torpor1626 sleepiness1647 indolence1656 insensibleness1656 narcosis1671 torpidnessa1676 torpitude1713 anaesthesia1721 deadness1764 insentience1862 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 620 To Pluto and to the earth, they sacrificed blacke sheep or lambes, in token of deadnes. a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VII. 3 Cursing it [sc. the barren fig-tree] to deadness with a word. 1764 T. Woolcombe Let. 25 June in Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) (1771) 60 97 A numbness and deadness of his little..finger. 1881 C. M. Yonge Lads & Lasses Langley ii. 95 The man that..gets the creeping deadness in his bones. 2. a. figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > want of or incapacity for emotion dryheada1300 lethargyc1380 drynessc1450 dumping1542 unsensibility1551 insensibleness?1555 unsensibleness?1555 stupidity1568 stolidity1570 stupor1570 dumpishness1574 senselessness1577 innaturality1579 astoniedness1580 impassibility1603 stupefaction1603 torpor1607 deadness1611 unsufferance1611 hebetude1621 nonsense1621 drought1622 hebetation1623 obstupefaction1625 unanswerableness1626 tastelessnessa1631 insensateness1646 impassiveness1648 obtuseness1648 barrenness1655 torpulency1657 sterility1661 spiritlessness1669 unspiritedness1669 unaffectedness1678 insensibility1691 stolidness1727 apathy1742 impenetrableness1747 unfeelingness1766 impassivity1794 unfeeling1805 soullessness1811 incommobility1822 obtusity1823 unimpressibleness1830 hardhead1836 stockishness1837 insensitiveness1838 impenetrability1847 unreceptivity1849 unsusceptibility1850 woodenness1854 unimpressionability1862 irresponsiveness1864 unresponsiveness1869 impassibleness1874 irreceptivity1881 unimpressibility1889 apatheia1893 inemotivity1894 affectlessness1921 insensitivity1957 the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [noun] unkinda1200 barrenhoodc1380 barrennessa1382 geldheada1400 sterility1535 sterileness1558 unfruitfulness1565 infecundity1605 deadness1611 infertility1869 subfertility1917 1611 Bible (King James) Rom. iv. 19 The deadnesse of Saraes wombe. View more context for this quotation a1628 J. Preston Saints Daily Exercise (1629) 74 What is a man to doe when hee findes a great indisposition to prayer..a dulnesse, and deadnesse in him. 1642 Petition in Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion (1702) I. iv. 322 By the deadness of Trade. a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 121 They..Have bloodlesse cheekes, and deadnesse in their eyes. 1738 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) I. 162 Hence my deadness and wanderings in public prayer. 1749 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. II 75 Spiritual Desertions, inward Deadnesses. 1883 H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spiritual World (1884) v. 160 The spiritual deadnèss of humanity. b. The state of being dead to something. ΚΠ 1745 J. Wesley Answer to Rev. Church 7 Your Deadness to the World. 1786 F. Burney Diary 17 Sept. (1842) III. 145 The deadness of the whole court to talents and genius. 1858 H. Bushnell Nature & Supernat. xiv Deadness to God and all holy things. 3. Want of some characteristic physical quality; absence of lustre or colour, dullness; want of taste; flatness, insipidity, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [noun] wearishnessa1398 unsavouriness1422 tastelessness1600 flashinessa1603 wallowishness1603 insipidity1611 insipidnessa1631 deadness1707 flatness1707 mawkishness1727 walshness1808 ditchwateriness1840 savourlessness1841 blandness1846 silence1879 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > cider > [noun] > flatness (of cider) deadness1707 the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [noun] whitenessOE wanness1382 pallorc1400 lewness1611 bloodlessness1646 exsanguinality1651 pallidness1661 pallidity1691 paledness1702 deadness1760 tallowiness1830 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 599 Cyder that hath acquired a Deadness or Flatness by being kept in a Beer or Ale Vessel, is not to be revived again. 1760 S. Fielding Ophelia I. xix. 150 I had perceived..Deadness in the best Complexions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1607
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