perishableness
(ˈpɛrɪʃəb(ə)lnɪs)
[f. prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being perishable.
| 1690 Locke Govt. ii. v. §48 Supposing..nothing in the island, either because of its commonness, or perishableness, fit to supply the place of money. 1825 New Monthly Mag. XVI. 479 A deep and melancholy sense of the perishableness of the noblest qualities. 1852 Lewis Methods Observ. Politics I. 221 They [written memorials] have a monumental character as opposed to the perishableness of mere speech. |