| 释义 |
nighness ? Obs.|ˈnaɪnɪs|
[f. nigh a. + -ness.]
1. Nearness in place (or time), proximity.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xi. i. (Bodl. MS.), Chaunginge of aiere comeþ of nyȝenes of þe see. 1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 159 The nyȝhenesse of the sonne dothe brenne. 1450–1530Myrr. our Ladye 243 The nynesse of thornes lessyth not the smelle of the florysshynge rose. 1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. John i. 19 By reason of the nynesse of the night. 1581Mulcaster Positions xl. (1887) 224 That the nighnes of his maisters house can be no great vantage. 1615Day Festivals xii. 328 The Neighbourhood, and Nighnes of such as dwell in the selfsame Streete. 1691Wood Antiq. II. Fasti 264 The nighness of her Father's house to which..hindered any communication between them.
2. Nearness of kinship, blood, etc.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xiii. xxvi. (Bodl. MS.), Bitwene fissche & water is nyȝenes to cosynage, for wiþoute water þei mowe not longe lyue. 1432Paston Lett. I. 34 Suche persones as for nieghnesse of blood..owe of reson to be suffred to speke with the King. 1471Rolls of Parlt. VI. 233/2 The nighnes of blood which they be of unto hym. 1554Knox Faythf. Admon. G ij, Regardynge nothynge the affinitie nor nyghnese of bloud. 1577tr. Bullinger's Decades ii. x. 227/2 Let them be matched together, that are not seuered by..nighnesse of affinitie. 1662J. Chandler Van Helmont's Oriat. 161 It was not required for one to know another, or judge of the nighness of their kin, by a name.
3. Nearness of a possibility. rare—1.
1425Rolls of Parlt. IV. 270/2 Ye nyeghnesse of possibilite of the enheritaunce of ye Croune. |