| 释义 |
loftiness|ˈlɒftɪnɪs, -ɔː-|
[f. lofty a. + -ness.]
The attribute of being lofty, in senses of the adj.
1548Elyot Dict., Elatio, loftynesse, hautenesse. 1560Bible (Genev.) Isa. ii. 17 The loftines of men shalbe abased. 1607Markham Caval. ii. (1617) 198 Gallop the straite ring about with a little more firme loftinesse. 1610P. Barrough Meth. Physick iv. ii. (1639) 219 Their face is red, and there is a loftinesse of the pulses. 1663Butler Hud. i. i. 91 His speech, In loftiness of sound, was rich. a1677Barrow Wks. (1686) III. xxii. 248 He [Solomon] did himself compose above a thousand songs; whereof one yet extant declareth the loftiness of his fancy. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xxxi. III. 218 The loftiness of these buildings..was the cause of frequent and fatal accidents. 1822Lamb Elia Ser. i. On Some Old Actors, Bensley..threw over the part an air of Spanish loftiness. a1840J. H. Newman Hist. Sk. Ser. iii. (1873) 194 Martin gained more by loftiness than others by servility. 1884Manch. Exam. 27 Nov. 5/5 A..chamber..160 feet long..and of a corresponding loftiness. 1885Sir W. M. Conway in Mag. Art Sept. 463/1 Men..of dignity of thought and loftiness of feeling.
b. Used as a mock title of dignity.
1599Broughton's Let. vii. 21 Were he so vnlearned, as your Loftines makes him. |