motionlessnessn.
/ˈməʊʃnləsnəs/, U.S. /ˈmoʊʃənləsnəs/ The state or condition of being motionless, lack of motion; inactivity, inertness.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > absence of movement
stillnessc1000
motionlessness1817
stirlessness1888
1817 J. Gilchrist Intell. Patrimony 23 The agreeableness that the sentient frame finds in motionlessness.
1840 tr. G. Sand Spiridion in W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. II. 149 The silence and motionlessness of the whole added to its awfulness.
a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. xxv. 500 The contrast of her mute motionlessness with her usual vivacity of speech and expression and gesture made him uneasy.
1952 P. Bowles Let it come Down i. i. 7 He had been flatly rejected... He had fallen prey to a demoralizing sensation of motionlessness.
1987 New Scientist 24 Dec. 53/2 The current record for human motionlessness, set at a ‘motionlessness festival’ in Indonesia last year, stands at 15 hours 25 seconds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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