[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The quality or state of being vigorous; vigorous condition; vigor.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 510/1. Vigorowsnesse, vigorositas, ferocitas.
1530. Palsgr., 285/1. Vygorousnesse, uigeur.
1648. Beaumont, Psyche, IX. 158. Perpetuall sparks of Vigorousnesse they shot From the two founts of their prospective fire.
1655. Fuller, Ch. Hist., IX. xvi. 67. Her coming to the Crown inspirited the weakest and oldest with vigorousnesse and vivacity for a time.
1709. Berkeley, Th. Vision, § 56. The vigorousness or faintness of the aforesaid visible appearance.
1727. Bailey (vol. II.), Sprightliness, Fulness of Spirit, Liveliness, Vigorousness.
1860. Pusey, Min. Proph., 619. The fulness of health, that is, the vigorousness of incorruption.
