[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The quality or condition of being turbid; thickness of a fluid; cloudiness; also fig.
1676. Phil. Trans., XI. 614. It will mixe … without turbidness and without coagulation.
1772. Jackson, ibid., LXIII. 5. Instead of clarifying beer, [it] increased both its tenacity and turbidness.
1800. W. Saunders, Min. Waters, iv. 278. Lime water produces a turbidness when added to the fresh water.
1807. Med. Jrnl., XVII. 194. On examining the anterior chamber [of the eye], all the turbidness had disappeared.
1906. E. A. Abbott, Silanus, xxxv. 352. Trouble of soul does not mean confusion or turbidness of soul.
