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insensibleness

insensibleness noun: insensibility.

Noun

insensibleness (uncountable)

  1. Insensibility.
    • O thou that art the great Phyſitian in Heaven, firſt cure our inſenſibleneſs; make thou us as ſick of our ſins, as vve have made our ſelves ſick by ſin, and then ſpeak the vvord, and vve ſhall be vvhole.1648, J[oseph] Hall, chapter LI, in Select Thoughts: Or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit. […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Brooke, […], published 1654, →OCLC, page 150

Origin of insensibleness

From insensible + -ness.

Questions about insensibleness

What does insensibleness mean?
Insensibleness means insensibility.
What part of speech is insensibleness?
Insensibleness is a noun.

Words near insensibleness in the dictionary

  1. insensibilize
  2. insensibilized
  3. insensibilizes
  4. insensibilizing
  5. insensible
  6. insensibleness
  7. insensiblist
  8. insensiblists
  9. insensibly
  10. insensing
  11. insensitive

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