Dyingness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dyingness \Dy"ing*ness\, n.
     The state of dying or the stimulation of such a state;
     extreme languor; languishment. [R.]
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           Tenderness becomes me best, a sort of dyingness; you


           see that picture, Foible, -- a swimmingness in the
           eyes; yes, I'll look so.                 --Congreve.
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