clearnessn.

/ˈklɪənɪs/

Forms: Also cler-, clere-, etc., -nesse, -nes.

Etymology: Middle English clernesse , < cler clear adj., adv., and n. + -nesse, -ness suffix.

The quality of being clear; in various senses of the adjective.

†1. Brightness, luminousness; splendour, brilliancy; fairness, beauty; fineness of weather. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun]

wlitec825

faireOE

fairnessOE

fairlecc1225

fairheadc1300

fairshipc1300

forma1382

clearnessa1400

beautyc1405

delicacya1450

pulchritudea1460

speciositya1470

lovelinessa1500

beautifulnessc1500

formosityc1500

fairhood?1503

bewtynes?c1510

decorea1513

venusty1559

decorum1604

bellitude1623

beauteousnessa1631

loveliheada1637

decor1656

luculency1656

Venus1657

coquetry1794

beautyhood1832

glamour1840

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [noun] > clear condition

clearnessa1400

clear1589

openness1611

cloudlessnessa1851

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12573 Þe clernes self o godds light Schan on him.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1353 In þe clernes of his concubines & curious wedez.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 81 Clerenesse of wedyr, serenitas.

c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) v. 12 Þere shynith the sonne in here clerenesse.

1590 Sir P. Sidney Covntesse of Pembrokes Arcadia ii. sig. R2^v He shewed no more strength in shaking of his staffe: but..the fine cleerness of bearing it was exceeding delightfull.

1631 Eng. Primer of Our Lady 477 Send us from the heavenly coast Cleerenes of Thy beames so bright.

2. Freedom from opacity, obscurity, or discolourment; distinctness or purity of light or colour; transparency, pellucidness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > [noun]

diaphanity1477

perspicuitya1500

sheerness1587

transparence1594

translucency1598

tralucency1599

transparency1615

clarity1616

pellucidity1642

diaphaneity1660

pellucidness1684

clearness1692

translucidity1694

translucidness1727

transparentness1727

translucence1755

see-through1954

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [noun] > purity or clearness

clearness1692

1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 372 You see upon her face a lively Clearness, an Air of Health.

1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine x The clearness of the Eastern atmosphere.

1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 91 The extreme clearness of the water permits the coral..to be distinctly seen.

3. Distinctness of vision, sound, expression, comprehension, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [noun] > clear- or sharp-sightedness

quicknessa1398

clearness1535

eagle eye1567

perspicacity1606

quicksightedness1625

piercingnessa1628

sharpsightedness1647

edgea1682

clear-sightednessa1691

acuity1866

visual acuity1889

V.A.1932

stereo-acuity1942

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [noun] > clarity

knowledgea1398

perspiciencec1450

clearness1535

perspicacity1548

insightc1580

perspective?a1586

subtileness1591

perspicacy1600

clarity1616

quicksightedness1625

perspicuity1662

clear-sightednessa1691

perspicaciousness1727

percipiency1845

far-sightedness1846

clairvoyance1861

X-ray scrutiny1896

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > qualities of speech sounds

strength1550

smoothedness1574

clearness1665

apertion1668

nasality1774

accentuation1806

percussiveness1863

nasalism1876

compactness1930

over-articulation1935

orality1949

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > [noun]

plainnessc1475

perspicuity?1529

lightsomeness1581

dilucidity1603

transparency1615

clarity1616

limpitude1623

perspicuousness1697

lucidness1836

lucidity1851

pellucidity1868

limpidity1870

limpidness1870

clear-cutness1871

luminousness1873

clearness1885

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xv. D Like as y^e clearnesse of y^e eyes reioyseth y^e herte.

a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1648) vi. 2 That clearnesse of well advised judgement.

1665 R. Boyle Disc. iii. ii, in Occas. Refl. sig. C8^v Does much improve ones Voice, both as to strength and clearness.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. iv. 284 That which is requisite to make our Knowledge certain, is the Clearness of our Ideas.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 176. ⁋11 They see with great clearness whatever is too remote to be discovered by the rest of Mankind.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 123 Touching the pith of the matter with telling clearness.

1885 F. Temple Relations Relig. & Sci. v. 149 The New Testament affirms with a clearness previously unknown the immortality of the soul.

1885 Spectator 24 July 5/1 His sufferings did not abate the clearness of his intellect.

†4. Purity; innocence; openness. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > purity > [noun]

cleannessc890

unwemmednessc1175

purity?c1225

shireness?c1225

cleanshipc1230

uncorruptionc1384

purenessa1398

undefoulingnessc1400

whitenessc1400

cleanliness1430

immaculation1509

clearness1526

undefiledness1571

uncorruptness1583

unspottedness1598

intemerateness1607

uncorruptedness1611

candour1612

spotlessness1619

immaculateness1641

candidness1654

unblemishedness1656

intemeration1660

unstainedness1685

pearliness1760

taintlessness1811

stainlessness1862

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. CCCiii^v Some more some lesse, as the clerenesse of their consciences requireth.

1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips li. 343 Which [blame] being taken out of y^e way, all clearenes should seme to come againe.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 27 The former Opinion..of their good Faith, and Clearnesse of dealing.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Mddx. 176 Termed Purevale..because of the cleerness of the Corn growing therein.

1701 G. Whitehead Truth Prevalent To Rdr. 7 Knowing my own Innocency and Clearness..from any Design of such Palliation.

5. Freedom from anything obstructive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > absence of hindrance or encumbrance

clearnessa1616

freedom1705

disencumbrance1712

disembarrassment1818

unencumberedness1891

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > wood without knots > condition of

clearness1721

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [noun] > and unobstructed

patency1843

clearness1869

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. i. 134 I require a clearenesse .

1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 171 The clearness of their Stems, without Knots.

1869 Daily News 30 Mar. This clearness of the road considerably facilitated their march.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	clearness
释义	clearnessn. /ˈklɪənɪs/ Forms: Also cler-, clere-, etc., -nesse, -nes. Etymology: Middle English clernesse , < cler clear adj., adv., and n. + -nesse, -ness suffix. The quality of being clear; in various senses of the adjective. †1. Brightness, luminousness; splendour, brilliancy; fairness, beauty; fineness of weather. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] wlitec825 faireOE fairnessOE fairlecc1225 fairheadc1300 fairshipc1300 forma1382 clearnessa1400 beautyc1405 delicacya1450 pulchritudea1460 speciositya1470 lovelinessa1500 beautifulnessc1500 formosityc1500 fairhood?1503 bewtynes?c1510 decorea1513 venusty1559 decorum1604 bellitude1623 beauteousnessa1631 loveliheada1637 decor1656 luculency1656 Venus1657 coquetry1794 beautyhood1832 glamour1840 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [noun] > clear condition clearnessa1400 clear1589 openness1611 cloudlessnessa1851 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12573 Þe clernes self o godds light Schan on him. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1353 In þe clernes of his concubines & curious wedez. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 81 Clerenesse of wedyr, serenitas. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) v. 12 Þere shynith the sonne in here clerenesse. 1590 Sir P. Sidney Covntesse of Pembrokes Arcadia ii. sig. R2^v He shewed no more strength in shaking of his staffe: but..the fine cleerness of bearing it was exceeding delightfull. 1631 Eng. Primer of Our Lady 477 Send us from the heavenly coast Cleerenes of Thy beames so bright. 2. Freedom from opacity, obscurity, or discolourment; distinctness or purity of light or colour; transparency, pellucidness. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > [noun] diaphanity1477 perspicuitya1500 sheerness1587 transparence1594 translucency1598 tralucency1599 transparency1615 clarity1616 pellucidity1642 diaphaneity1660 pellucidness1684 clearness1692 translucidity1694 translucidness1727 transparentness1727 translucence1755 see-through1954 the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [noun] > purity or clearness clearness1692 1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 372 You see upon her face a lively Clearness, an Air of Health. 1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine x The clearness of the Eastern atmosphere. 1860 P. H. Gosse Romance Nat. Hist. 91 The extreme clearness of the water permits the coral..to be distinctly seen. 3. Distinctness of vision, sound, expression, comprehension, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [noun] > clear- or sharp-sightedness quicknessa1398 clearness1535 eagle eye1567 perspicacity1606 quicksightedness1625 piercingnessa1628 sharpsightedness1647 edgea1682 clear-sightednessa1691 acuity1866 visual acuity1889 V.A.1932 stereo-acuity1942 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [noun] > clarity knowledgea1398 perspiciencec1450 clearness1535 perspicacity1548 insightc1580 perspective?a1586 subtileness1591 perspicacy1600 clarity1616 quicksightedness1625 perspicuity1662 clear-sightednessa1691 perspicaciousness1727 percipiency1845 far-sightedness1846 clairvoyance1861 X-ray scrutiny1896 the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > qualities of speech sounds strength1550 smoothedness1574 clearness1665 apertion1668 nasality1774 accentuation1806 percussiveness1863 nasalism1876 compactness1930 over-articulation1935 orality1949 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > [noun] plainnessc1475 perspicuity?1529 lightsomeness1581 dilucidity1603 transparency1615 clarity1616 limpitude1623 perspicuousness1697 lucidness1836 lucidity1851 pellucidity1868 limpidity1870 limpidness1870 clear-cutness1871 luminousness1873 clearness1885 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xv. D Like as y^e clearnesse of y^e eyes reioyseth y^e herte. a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1648) vi. 2 That clearnesse of well advised judgement. 1665 R. Boyle Disc. iii. ii, in Occas. Refl. sig. C8^v Does much improve ones Voice, both as to strength and clearness. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. iv. 284 That which is requisite to make our Knowledge certain, is the Clearness of our Ideas. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 176. ⁋11 They see with great clearness whatever is too remote to be discovered by the rest of Mankind. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 123 Touching the pith of the matter with telling clearness. 1885 F. Temple Relations Relig. & Sci. v. 149 The New Testament affirms with a clearness previously unknown the immortality of the soul. 1885 Spectator 24 July 5/1 His sufferings did not abate the clearness of his intellect. †4. Purity; innocence; openness. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > purity > [noun] cleannessc890 unwemmednessc1175 purity?c1225 shireness?c1225 cleanshipc1230 uncorruptionc1384 purenessa1398 undefoulingnessc1400 whitenessc1400 cleanliness1430 immaculation1509 clearness1526 undefiledness1571 uncorruptness1583 unspottedness1598 intemerateness1607 uncorruptedness1611 candour1612 spotlessness1619 immaculateness1641 candidness1654 unblemishedness1656 intemeration1660 unstainedness1685 pearliness1760 taintlessness1811 stainlessness1862 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. CCCiii^v Some more some lesse, as the clerenesse of their consciences requireth. 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips li. 343 Which [blame] being taken out of y^e way, all clearenes should seme to come againe. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 27 The former Opinion..of their good Faith, and Clearnesse of dealing. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Mddx. 176 Termed Purevale..because of the cleerness of the Corn growing therein. 1701 G. Whitehead Truth Prevalent To Rdr. 7 Knowing my own Innocency and Clearness..from any Design of such Palliation. 5. Freedom from anything obstructive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > absence of hindrance or encumbrance clearnessa1616 freedom1705 disencumbrance1712 disembarrassment1818 unencumberedness1891 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > wood without knots > condition of clearness1721 the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [noun] > and unobstructed patency1843 clearness1869 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. i. 134 I require a clearenesse . View more context for this quotation 1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 171 The clearness of their Stems, without Knots. 1869 Daily News 30 Mar. This clearness of the road considerably facilitated their march. 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