cloudinessn.

/ˈklaʊdɪnɪs/

Etymology: < cloudy adj. + -ness suffix.

State or quality of being cloudy, in various senses.

1. literal and transferred (see cloudy adj. 2 – 4).

ΘΚΠ

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

cloudiness1594

opacity1634

umbrosity1646

opaqueness1647

opacousness1656

filminess1870

intransparency1902

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > cloudiness

troublenessc1380

cloudiness1594

overcast1637

nimbosity1721

nubilation1874

1594 H. Plat Diuerse Sorts of Soyle 56 in Jewell House The steines, filth, and clowdinesse that maketh them..so darksome.

1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. xiv. 39 Cloudinesse of the vrine.

1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 602 The Rock of Lisbon..was scarce discernible by reason of the cloudiness of the Weather.

1805 W. Saunders Treat. Mineral Waters (ed. 2) 340 Prussiat of potash instantly produced a blue cloudiness.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 282 The day seemed changed to cloudiness and rain.

2. figurative (see cloudy adj. 5, 6).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > gloomy quality

drear1563

dreariment1579

drearihead1591

cloudinessa1600

dismalness1620

dolesomeness1625

cheerlessnessa1631

joylessnessa1631

drearihood1647

clouding1654

dismality1723

dreariness1727

mirthlessness1727

sombre1795

undelighta1822

sombreness1847

sombrousness1847

unhomelikeness1858

drearness1861

comfortlessness1865

unhomeliness1879

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [noun] > unclear condition

obscurity1474

mist1532

cloud-lighta1536

indeterminateness1644

undistinction1647

indeterminacy1649

indistinction1651

undeterminateness1653

inestimability1678

undefinableness?1705

confusion1729

obnubilation1753

cloudiness1779

indistinctness1783

haze1790

haziness1796

vagueness1799

nebulosity1809

undefinednessa1832

undecidedness1897

indeterminism1928

fuzziness1973

smog1976

a1600 R. Hooker Learned Serm. Pride (1612) 13 When they are able to appale with the cloudinesse of their looke.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 120 Cloudiness..and trouble in his countenance.

1779 S. Johnson Smith in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets IV. 56 Scholastick cloudiness still hung about him.

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. iii. 160 The cloudiness of his expression increases as we proceed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	cloudiness
释义	cloudinessn. /ˈklaʊdɪnɪs/ Etymology: < cloudy adj. + -ness suffix. State or quality of being cloudy, in various senses. 1. literal and transferred (see cloudy adj. 2 – 4). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > opacity > [noun] cloudiness1594 opacity1634 umbrosity1646 opaqueness1647 opacousness1656 filminess1870 intransparency1902 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [noun] > cloudiness troublenessc1380 cloudiness1594 overcast1637 nimbosity1721 nubilation1874 1594 H. Plat Diuerse Sorts of Soyle 56 in Jewell House The steines, filth, and clowdinesse that maketh them..so darksome. 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece i. xiv. 39 Cloudinesse of the vrine. 1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 602 The Rock of Lisbon..was scarce discernible by reason of the cloudiness of the Weather. 1805 W. Saunders Treat. Mineral Waters (ed. 2) 340 Prussiat of potash instantly produced a blue cloudiness. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 282 The day seemed changed to cloudiness and rain. 2. figurative (see cloudy adj. 5, 6). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > gloomy quality drear1563 dreariment1579 drearihead1591 cloudinessa1600 dismalness1620 dolesomeness1625 cheerlessnessa1631 joylessnessa1631 drearihood1647 clouding1654 dismality1723 dreariness1727 mirthlessness1727 sombre1795 undelighta1822 sombreness1847 sombrousness1847 unhomelikeness1858 drearness1861 comfortlessness1865 unhomeliness1879 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [noun] > unclear condition obscurity1474 mist1532 cloud-lighta1536 indeterminateness1644 undistinction1647 indeterminacy1649 indistinction1651 undeterminateness1653 inestimability1678 undefinableness?1705 confusion1729 obnubilation1753 cloudiness1779 indistinctness1783 haze1790 haziness1796 vagueness1799 nebulosity1809 undefinednessa1832 undecidedness1897 indeterminism1928 fuzziness1973 smog1976 a1600 R. Hooker Learned Serm. Pride (1612) 13 When they are able to appale with the cloudinesse of their looke. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 120 Cloudiness..and trouble in his countenance. 1779 S. Johnson Smith in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets IV. 56 Scholastick cloudiness still hung about him. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. iii. 160 The cloudiness of his expression increases as we proceed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1594
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