deadlinessn.
/ˈdɛdlɪnɪs/ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > [noun] > liability to
ashc950
deathlinessOE
deadliness?c1225
mortalityc1400
mortalness1530
dyingness1700
sparrow-fall1946
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 279 We beoren up ure bodi Iesu cristes deadlichnesse.
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxxxiii. 2 My hert..and my fleyss..þof þai be brisel & heuy in dedlynes.
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Mending of Life 123 Þe fettyr of dedelynes.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 115 Dedelynesse, mortalitas.
2.
a. The quality of being deadly or fatal.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > cause of death > [noun] > lethal quality
mortality?a1439
deadlinessc1450
mortalness1638
lethality1656
mortiferousness1856
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > quality > extreme
balea1000
malicea1382
deadlinessc1450
fatality1490
maliciousness1555
virulency1651
fatalness1652
contagium1654
virulentness1727
outrage1735
virulence1748
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 518 Smyten with a sore wounde of eendeles dedelynesse.
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 598/2 Ye deadlynesse of the sinne.
1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) 227 The deadlinesse of Lazarus his sicknesse.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xxiv. 298 That sharp edge might give deadliness to the thrust.
1870 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Gleanings 2nd Ser. 13 A new disease of astonishing deadliness.
b. Dead accuracy. Cf. deadly adj. 8b.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [noun] > extreme accuracy
deadliness1905
1905 Daily Chron. 24 Aug. 6/4 A lack of deadliness in approaching.
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