benumbednessn.
The state of being benumbed; numbness; torpor.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun]
accidiaOE
accidie?c1225
lethargyc1380
faintness1398
lithernessc1425
listlesshedec1440
owlisthead1440
supinity1548
lustlessness1556
benumbedness1566
phlegm1578
apoplexy1589
acedia1607
torpor1607
drowsiness1611
torpidity1614
languishmentc1620
hebetude1621
acedy1623
inerty1623
supineness1640
listlessness1646
cadaveriety1651
inertitude1656
oscitation1656
torpulency1657
sopor1658
phlegmaticness1659
lethargicalness1664
torpidnessa1676
faineantisea1684
phlegmatism1688
vis inertiae1710
torpitude1713
moonery1764
donothingness1814
benumbment1817
inertia1821
languor1825
donothingism1839
Mondayishness1850
mooniness1852
mooning1857
fainéantisme1873
sog1874
Oblomovism1902
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [noun] > state of being rendered physically insensible
stonyingc1315
dormitation1543
stifling1548
numbness1559
astonishing1563
benumbedness1566
astonishment1576
astonying1576
astoniedness1580
numbedness1600
stupidness1619
stupefiednessa1681
benumbment1817
insensibilization1897
1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Gvjv The boye through chille benummednesse, His ague worse shall gette.
1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 58 The deep or profound benummednesses of the Schooles, and the drowsie distemper of the auntients.
1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 57 A Cephalic Decoction..for prevention of..Benummedness.
1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Benummedness, a being benummed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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