| 释义 |
estrangedness|ɪˈstreɪndʒɪdnɪs|
[f. prec. + -ness.]
The state or condition of being estranged; alienation in feeling or affection.
1645Prynne Vind. Four Questions 2 (L.) The greatest token of estrangedness or want of familiarity one with another. 1662Earl of Orrery State Lett. (1743) II. 434 The estrangedness of the Irish papists. a1677Barrow Serm. (1716) I. 60 Instead of a suspicious estrangedness..will spring up an humble confidence. 1825Coleridge Aids Refl. (1848) I. 96 By estrangedness and distance from God. 1869S. Wilberforce Oxf. Lent Serm. 1 The long Gentile estrangedness. |