[f. as prec. + -NESS.] Cadaverous quality; the condition of a dead body.
1669. W. Simpson, Hydrol. Chym., 75. This depraved, circulated matter, hath reached so far, and be wheeled so often, as to acquire a virulency or cadaverousness.
1839. Poe, Fall Ho. Usher, Wks. 1846, I. 295. A cadaverousness of complexion.
