释义 |
nativeness|ˈneɪtɪvnɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] The fact or quality of being native; naturalness.
1639N. N. tr. Du Bosq's Compl. Woman ii. 53 As a forcednesse displeaseth in the fairest actions, a certain nativenesse takes and pleaseth in the least. Ibid. 55. 1727 in Bailey vol. II. 1817 Coleridge Biog. Lit. (Bohn) 3 The truth and nativeness both of their thoughts and diction. a1821Keats Sonn. Wks. (1884) 363 Ocean..never can Subside, if not to dark blue nativeness. 1853G. Johnston Nat. Hist. E. Bord. I. 32 Its nativeness is unquestioned. |