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diseasefulness

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Etymology edit

diseaseful +‎ -ness

Noun edit

diseasefulness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The quality of being diseaseful; trouble; trial.
    • a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the page number)”, in Fulke Greville, Matthew Gwinne, and John Florio, editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC; republished in Albert Feuillerat, editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; I), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1912, →OCLC:
      But as before the consideration of a prison had disgraced all ornaments, so now the same consideration made them attend all diseasefulness
    • 1973, Mark Lemon, ‎ Henry Mayhew, ‎ Tom Taylor, Punch - Volume 264, page 689:
      "The diseasefulness is terrific," said the dusky Nabob.
    • 1995, Bela Bhattacharya, Facets of Early Buddhism: A Study of Fundamental Principles, page 135:
      The evil effects of killing are short life, diseasefulness etc.
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