Definition of "deadness"

deadness

/ˈdɛdnəs/

noun
usually uncountable, plural deadnesses
1. The state of not being alive. Having the property of lifelessness, as if dead.
  Quotations
  O may it be my constant care to watch and pray; the neglect of which was the chief cause of my former deadness.
  1840, John Wesley, The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M, page 334
2. A lack of elasticity.
3. A lack of sparkle in a fizzy drink.
4. A lack of animation in a person.