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listlessnesses

listlessnesses is the plural of listlessness.

Meaning of listlessness

Noun

listlessness (countable and uncountable, plural listlessnesses)

  1. The state of being listless; apathetic indifference; lethargy.
    • But every thing must have an end. A motion made by this angelic youth, in the listlessness of going off sleep, replac'd his shirt and the bed-cloaths in a posture that shut up that treasure from longer view.1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC

Questions about listlessnesses

What is listlessnesses the plural of?
Listlessnesses is the plural of listlessness.

Words near listlessnesses in the dictionary

  1. listingly
  2. listings
  3. listless
  4. listlessly
  5. listlessness
  6. listlessnesses
  7. listlike
  8. listmaker
  9. listmakers
  10. listmaking
  11. listmaster

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