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单词 cheapness
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cheapnessn.

/ˈtʃiːpnɪs/
Etymology: < cheap adj. + -ness suffix.
Quality of being cheap; lowness of price or cost; also figurative (see cheap adj.)
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > low price or rate > [noun] > cheapness
cheapness1550
cheapth1606
vility1623
reasonableness1711
1550 Royal Procl. in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) II. i. xxvii. 222 In plentiful Sort and Cheapness of Price.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 234 For lacke of money..victuall came to such reasonable cheapnesse and price.
1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World vi. xxvii. §3. 611/2 Allured with the cheapness of the Rent.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 454. ⁋6 I resolved to walk it, out of Cheapness.
1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman II. i. v. 143 Cheapness causes Consumption.
1875 W. S. Jevons Money (1878) 133 The cheapness of the material.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

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cheapness
b. In poor health; out of sorts. (Hence cheapness.) slang.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > feeling of ill health
all-overness1792
all-overishness1820
cheapness1891
the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > disordered or out of sorts
out of estatec1400
disordainedc1430
out of order1530
mistempered?1541
untemperate1541
so-soa1592
indisposed1598
discomposed1603
out of sorts1621
disorderly1655
queerish1684
out of one's gears1699
disordered1708
uneasy1725
seedy1729
queer1749
scaly1803
quisby1807
under the weather1827
all nohow1852
toneless1854
nohowish1867
chippy1868
fishy1868
off-colour1876
dicky1883
on-and-offish1888
cheap1891
crook1916
lousy1933
1891 J. S. Farmer Slang To feel cheap, to ‘have a mouth on’; to be suffering from a night's debauch.
1900 Westm. Gaz. 28 May 2/1 Putting down his weakness, lassitude, and general feeling of extreme cheapness to the climate.
1924 R. Rees April's Sowing xi. 141 ‘What's wrong with you, eh?’ ‘Nothing... A bit cheap, that's all.’
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