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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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DYINGNESS n.
te of dying or the stimulation of such a state; extreme languor; languishment. [R.] Tenderness becomes me best, a sort of dyingness; you see that picture, Foible, -- a swimmingness in the eyes; yes, I'll look so. Congreve.
EAGERNESS n. 2 definitions
The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire. "The eagerness of love." Addison.
EARINESS n.
Fear or timidity, especially of something supernatural. [Written also eiryness.] The sense of eariness, as twilight came on. De Quincey.
EARLINESS n.
The state of being early or forward; promptness.
EARNESTNESS n.
The state or quality of being earnest; intentness; anxiety. An honest earnestness in the young man's manner. W. Irving.
EARTHINESS n.
The quality or state of being earthy, or of containing earth; hence, grossness.
EARTHLINESS n.
The quality or state of being earthly; worldliness; grossness; perishableness.
EARWITNESS n.
A witness by means of his ears; one who is within hearing and does hear; a hearer. Fuller.
EASINESS n. 5 definitions
Freedom from difficulty; ease; as the easiness of a task.
EDIBLENESS n.
Suitableness for being eaten.
EFFECTIVENESS n.
The quality of being effective.
EFFECTUALNESS n.
The quality of being effectual.
EFFEMINATENESS n.
The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness. Fuller.
EGREGIOUSNESS n.
The state of being egregious.
ELASTICNESS n.
The quality of being elastic; elasticity.
ELATEDNESS n.
The state of being elated.
ELECTRICALNESS a.
The state or quality of being electrical.
ELEMENTARINESS n.
The state of being elementary; original simplicity; uncompounded state.
ELENGENESS n.
Loneliness; misery. [Obs.]
ELEVATEDNESS n.
The quality of being elevated.
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