the state or quality of being gast; fearfulness or dread
Do you perceive the gastness of her eye?
gastness in American English
(ˈɡæstnɪs)
noun
obsolete
terror or fright
Word origin
[1350–1400; ME gastnes(se), equiv. to gast (ptp. of gastengast) + -nes-ness]This word is first recorded in the period 1350–1400. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: absolute, fix, flash, kick, range-ness is a suffix attached to adjectives and participles, forming abstract nouns denotingquality and state. Other words that use the affix -ness include: crashworthiness, fitness, forwardness, likeness, preparedness