[f. as prec. + -NESS.] Breathless condition, want of breath.
1615. Bp. Hall, Contempl. N. T., IV. xxxiii. With much toil and sweat and breathlessness.
1626. Donne, Serm., 39. The Breathlessnesse of Death.
1870. Morris, Earthly Par., III. IV. 191. They must stay A little while the eager play … for very breathlessness.
