[f. BLANK a. + -NESS.] Blank quality or condition.
1850. Fraser’s Mag., XLI. 503. The pale silver, midway between the lustre of the gold and the blankness of the lead.
1868. ‘Holme Lee,’ B. Godfrey, xviii. 105. Kempe’s … face fell into final blankness and silence.
1876. Gladstone, Homeric Synchr., 134. The blankness and vagueness of Greek tradition.
