The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dyingness
Dyingness \Dy"ing*ness\, n. The state of dying or the stimulation of such a state; extreme languor; languishment. [R.]
Tenderness becomes me best, a sort of dyingness; you
see that picture, Foible, -- a swimmingness in the
eyes; yes, I'll look so.
--Congreve.
Wiktionary
dyingness
n. The state of die or the stimulation of such a state; extreme languor.
Usage examples of "dyingness".
Besides, the nature of Vendelmans's dyingness was particularly unsettling because he had been so big and robust and outgoing, a true Rabelaisian figure, and somehow between one moment and the next he was transformed into a wraith.