[f. prec. + -NESS.] The quality or fact of being spiritless.
1669. H. More, Exp. 7 Epist., ix. 150. This is one reason of the Spiritlesnesse and Inactivity of the Laodicean Church.
a. 1684. Leighton, Comm. 1 Pet., Wks. 1805, I. 442. This is not a loving agreement, arising from oneness of spirit, but a dead stupidity, arguing a total spiritlessness.
1840. New Monthly Mag., LIX. 386. The fair liquid amber … subsided into spiritlessness.
1870. Echo, 23 Sept. In view of the spiritlessness of the mass of the people.
