diseasefulness
English
editEtymology
editFrom diseaseful + -ness.
Noun
editdiseasefulness (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The quality of being diseaseful; trouble; trial.
- a. 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: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →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.