| 释义 |
ˈstuntness
[f. stunt a. + -ness.]
†1. Foolishness, stupidity. Obs.
c1000ælfric Saints' Lives i. 228 Þysses middan-eardes wysdom is stuntnis [L. stultitia] ætforan gode. Ibid. xvii. 23 Se rihtwisa soðlice ne þearf him ondrædan..ᵹif he him sylfum styrð fram eallum stunt-nyssum. c1175Lamb. Hom. 117 Fela stuntnesse beoð, þer nan steore ne bið.
2. Abrupt brevity.
1871J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue x. 497 Short sentences are prevalent in our language, as long ones are in German. In all things we incline to curtness and stuntness. |