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goneness

American  
[gawn-nis, gon-] / ˈgɔn nɪs, ˈgɒn- /

noun

  1. a sinking sensation; exhaustion or faintness.


Etymology

Origin of goneness

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

Example Sentences

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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

Then as the support beneath is really gone, there is what is often called "a feeling of goneness."

From American Woman's Home by Beecher, Catharine Esther

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 Jamison, Alcinous B. (Alcinous Burton)

"But don't you feel an awful goneness after a breakfast like that?"

From Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale by Smith, Harriet L.

In an hour the weaker stomachs will have what they call 'a goneness.'

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880 by Various

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