beˈnumbedness
[f. prec. + -ness.]
The state of being benumbed; numbness; torpor.
| 1566 Drant Horace Sat. i. iii. G vj b, The boye through chille benummednesse his ague worse shall gette. 1662 J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. 58 The deep or profound benummednesses of the Schooles, and the drowsie distemper of the auntients. 1701 T. Fuller Pharmacop. (1710) 57 A Cephalic Decoction..for prevention of..Benummedness. 1731 Bailey II, Benummedness, a being benummed. |