[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.
