[f. prec. + -NESS.] Bloated quality or state.
1660. H. More, Myst. Godl., X. xiv. 538. Unsound blotedness and ventosity of Spirit.
1732. Arbuthnot, Rules of Diet, 283 (R.). Bloatedness, scorbutical Spots are Symptoms of weak Fibres.
c. 1875. Besant & Rice, Harp & Crown, xx. 209. To paint the bloatedness of our prelates.
