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dejectedness|dɪˈdʒɛktɪdnɪs|
[-ness.]
†1. The state of being cast down or humbled (in fortunes, condition, etc.); abasement. Obs.
1608Bp. Hall Char. Virtues & V. i. 27 No Man sets so low a value of his worth as himselfe, not out of ignorance..but of a voluntary and meeke deiectednesse. 1646W. Jenkyn Remora 15 Lownes and dejectednes of estate. 1721R. Keith tr. T. à Kempis's Solil. Soul iv. 139 Behold, O Lord, the Dejectedness of my State.
2. The state of being downcast or depressed in spirits.
1633Bp. Hall Hard Texts 88 An heart full of dejectedness and dismay. c1740Mrs. Delany Autobiog. (1861) I. 13 The dejectedness of my mother's spirits. 1884Manch. Exam. 29 Nov. 5/3 The same spirit of..dejectedness which marks the long-suffering Cockney. |