释义 |
ˈstrongness Obs. exc. as nonce-use. [f. strong a. + -ness.] The quality of being strong.
c1450Mirour Saluacioun (1888) 72 Nowe Sampson it is to witt, for his grettest stroungnesse Prefigured oure lord crist. a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 133 In bewtie more excellent and abone all men in strangnes and habilietie. a1604Hanmer Chron. Irel. (1809) 245 When the fight is ended,..and all strongnesse of hostility set apart, then in a Noble man must humanity take place. 1650R. Gentilis Consid. 212 There is no such thing as insensibility of pain; if there be, it is not a strongness of heart but a weaknesse of the minde. 1916Blackw. Mag. Feb. 197/1 Smoking is forbidden with a Teutonic strongness in the workshop. |