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numbedness

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English

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Etymology

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From numbed +‎ -ness.

Noun

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numbedness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) numbness
    • 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: [] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston [], and B[enjamin] Took, [], →OCLC:
      But if the Nerve be quite divided , the Pain is little , only a kind of Stupor or Numbedness

References

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numbedness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.