Dĕad'ness, n.

n. The state of being deprived or destitute of life, animation, vigor, spirit, activity, &c.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness; indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a body, or a tree; the deadness of an eye; deadness of the affections; the deadness of liquors; deadness to the world, and the like.