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goneness

[gawn-nis, gon-]

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noun

a sinking sensation; exhaustion or faintness.

Origin of goneness

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; gone + -ness

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for goneness

Historical Examples of goneness

And all the other foreigners were in the like case of "goneness."
The Complete Essays of C. D. Warner
Charles Dudley Warner
I wasn't in a temper anymore—and it left a dreadful sort of goneness, too.
Anne Of Green Gables
Lucy Maud Montgomery
It's extraordinary the goneness of things directly I'm away from you.
The Pastor's Wife
Elizabeth von Arnim
Am drowsy, eyes "heavy;" goneness and unusual craving for food.
New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers
Various
Well, you confessed to a fearful sense of goneness yourself.
As Seen By Me
Lilian Bell