• Heaviness

    Origin

    From heavy + -ness.

    Full definition of heaviness

    Noun

    heaviness

    (countable and uncountable; plural heavinesss)
    1. The state of being heavy; weight, weightiness, force of impact or gravity.
    2. (obsolete) Oppression; dejectedness, sadness.
      • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:First got with guile, and then preseru'd with dread,
        And after spent with pride and lauishnesse,
        Leauing behind them griefe and heauinesse.
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