goneness
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of goneness
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Why are you so happy about it now when you are so sad in his shirt, in his office, in his goneness?
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
He felt a void within him, a sense of goneness like the utter lack of strength which discourages a convalescent just recovering from a serious sickness.
From Sarrasine by Clara Bell
It may be a sense of fulness or tightness, or a feeling of distention or weight, or again, a feeling of emptiness, goneness or sinking.
From Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis by Alcinous B. (Alcinous Burton) Jamison
"My goneness is in my knees," Walter Perkins informed them.
From The Pony Rider Boys in the Ozarks Or, the Secret of Ruby Mountain by Frank Gee Patchin
It's extraordinary the goneness of things directly I'm away from you.
From The Pastor's Wife by Elizabeth von Arnim
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