swimmingness

English

Etymology

From swimming +‎ -ness.

Noun

swimmingness (uncountable)

1. The act or state of swimming; suffusion.
   • 1700, [William] Congreve, The Way of the World, a Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, scene v, page 36:

     You ſee that Picture has a ſort of a—Ha Foible? A ſwimmineſs in the Eyes— [...]