释义 |
ˈrifeness rare. [-ness.] The state or condition of being rife.
a1400–50Alexander 1887 A tale..Of þe ryfenes of þe rede gold ȝour region with-in. 1608Bp. Hall Epist. i. viii. 95 Hence I argue the rifenesse of vnkindnesse taken and pursued. a1677Barrow Serm. Wks. 1716 I. 154 The rifeness of this practice..will be the cause of a general diffidence among men. 1710Hearne Collect. (O.H.S.) II. 382 The Rifeness of the small Pox. 1796W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. I. 404 The scarceness of long vowels, and the rifeness of short syllables in their language. |