释义 |
† exˈceedingness Obs. [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality or state of being in excess of usual limits; excessive measure or degree.
1580Sidney Arcadia iv. 439 This complaint..had awaked the spirits of the Arcadians, astonished before with the exceedingness of sorrow. 1625K. Long tr. Barclay's Argenis v. ix. 350 Carried away with the exceedingnesse of gladnesse. 1742[see exceeding ppl. a. 1.] 1847in Craig. |