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diseasefulness

diseasefulness noun: the quality of being diseaseful; trouble; trial.

Noun

diseasefulness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The quality of being diseaseful; trouble; trial.
    • But as before the consideration of a prison had disgraced all ornaments, so now the same consideration made them attend all diseasefulnessa. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London...
    • "The diseasefulness is terrific," said the dusky Nabob.1973, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch - Volume 264, page 689

Origin of diseasefulness

From diseaseful + -ness.

Questions about diseasefulness

What does diseasefulness mean?
Diseasefulness means the quality of being diseaseful; trouble; trial.
What part of speech is diseasefulness?
Diseasefulness is a noun.

Words near diseasefulness in the dictionary

  1. disease-ridden
  2. diseased
  3. diseasedly
  4. diseasedness
  5. diseaseful
  6. diseasefulness
  7. diseaseless
  8. diseaselessness
  9. diseaselike
  10. diseasement
  11. diseasements

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