indisposedness

(ˌɪndɪˈspəʊzɪdnəs)

the quality or state of being indisposed; indisposition

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References in periodicals archive

For as when the understanding Faculty, either from the indisposedness of the Organs, as in Idiots, or from the disorder of Fancy by the inflammation of the Humours, as in distracted persons, cannot weigh and compare, and therefore makes a perverse judgment of things; so the carnal Mind by not due measuring and pondering, judges faisly of Spiritual Things.

Conceptions of idiocy in colonial Massachusetts

Thanks to the indisposedness of her excellent spouse, this beautiful and kindhearted woman had a sullen cast to her lips, which, incidentally, was quite becoming.

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