[f. as prec. + -NESS.] Compounded or composite quality.
1672. Boyle, Ess. Gems, II. Wks. 1744, III. 236/2. It is far more easy to shew, by their specific gravity, and the compoundedness of divers of them, [etc.].
1697. J. Serjeant, Solid Philos., 373. Fancy, and the first and obvious Appearance, is not to be the Judge or Test of the Clearness or Confusedness of our Notions; but Reason, reflecting well on the Simplicity or Compoundedness of those Notions themselves, and on the Reasons why they are so.
1807. Sir John Sinclair, Health & Longevity, IV. 472. Not to repeat what I lately said of the compoundedness of vitriol.
1897. K. Pearson, Chances of Death, etc., I. 68. I cannot, therefore, avoid the conclusion that the dip between 3 and 7 is not due to compoundedness.
