coolnessn.

Brit.

/ˈkuːlnəs/, U.S.

/ˈkulnəs/

Forms: see cool adj., adv., and int. and -ness suffix

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cool adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < cool adj. + -ness suffix.

1. The fact or condition of being or feeling cool; cool quality or sensation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] > coolness

coolnessOE

refroidourc1475

coola1500

coolth1547

frescour1638

swalec1700

OE Paris Psalter (1932) lxv. 11 We þuruh fyr farað and þuruh floda þrym, and ðu us on colnesse [L. in refrigerium] clæne gelæddest.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. ix. viii. 528 By coolnesse of wyntir pooris beþ I closid and kynde hete drawiþ inward.

c1450 Practica Phisicalia John of Burgundy in H. Schöffler Mittelengl. Medizinlit. (1919) 208 (MED) For the colenesse of þe stomack.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 207/1 Colenesse, freschevr.

?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 73 The..delectabl coolnes of the foountain.

1673 Gentlewomans Compan. 71 If your pottage be..hot.., have patience till it be of a fit coolness.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 61 The Coolness of the Night.

1708 N. Rowe Royal Convert ii. i. 18 I took my usual Way, To seek the Coolness of the well-spread Shade.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc i. 523 The thunder-shower Fell with refreshing coolness on my head.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Merlin & Vivien 755 in Idylls of King Then paced for coolness in the chapel-yard.

1897 M. E. Coleridge King with Two Faces xli. 321 The wind-stirred coolness, the gentle noises of early morning had succeeded the silent, airless heat of the night.

1938 Amer. Home Jan. 54/2 This residence is planned for coolness during the daytime heat.

1987 J. Diski Rainforest v. 62 She was dressed for the weather, for coolness and convenience.

2005 Globe & Mail 5 Aug. a1/3 A storyteller who captivated those gathered on her porch as she wove tales in the evening coolness.

2. Lack of fervour, enthusiasm, or interest; absence of cordiality or friendliness. Also: an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > lukewarmness or lack of enthusiasm

warmness1561

lukewarmness1573

coolnessa1586

lukeness1597

unzealousness1615

tepiditya1631

mambling1640

half-heartedness1670

lukewarmth1716

unfervency1787

tepidness1821

under-zeal1841

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > lack of affability

strangenessc1386

unhomelinessc1440

fremdnessa1500

coldness1557

coolnessa1586

self-guarda1586

diskindness1596

formality1599

reservedness1606

inaffability1611

restrainta1616

unconess1637

chillness1639

froideur1645

distance1660

starchedness1670

buckram1682

starchness?1693

starch1694

reserve1711

stiffness1717

unapproachableness1727

retirement1803

angularity1824

standoffishness1826

distancy1836

chill1837

starchiness1844

unapproachability1846

hedgehogginess1858

standoff1865

offishness1867

aloofness1878

pokerishness1880

untouchableness1909

untouchability1919

stuffiness1926

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. iv. sig. Ll1^v In many did it breed a coolenesse, to deale violently against him.

a1674 Earl of Clarendon Hist. Rebellion (1703) II. viii. 462 They..parted with such coolness towards each other, as if they scarce hoped to meet again.

1753 W. Melmoth tr. Cicero Lett. i. iv. (R.) As being unwilling it should appear..that any coolness had arisen between us.

1767 J. Penn By Way of Prevention 24 Inattention, in hearing the Word of God, generally produces a Coolness for sacred Worship.

1858 Harper's Mag. Apr. 670/2 Though there has been a coolness between us and our aunt-kinswoman in Virginia, yet we are of the same blood.

1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope ii. 55 A coolness had sprung up between Pope and Addison.

1933 Polit. Sci. Q. 48 117 He did not seek actually to create ill-will, as he has been accused of doing in such instances as..French–English coolness over Egypt.

1992 Economist 11 July 64/2 Foreign coolness towards the demise of formal democracy, and the consequent slowdown in aid.

2007 Daily Mail (Nexis) 15 Sept. 25 The diminution of coolness between the two former rivals.

a. Controlled, dispassionate, or unemotional temperament or behaviour; calmness, composure.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > [noun]

repressiona1413

governailc1425

willc1480

self-rule1532

coldness1548

stay1556

presentness of mind1598

coolness1607

cold blooda1609

temper1611

self-discipline1612

retention?1615

presence of mind?1624

self-governance1630

retentiveness1641

self-command1651

self-mastery1652

self-control1653

self-direction1653

self-restraint1656

self-possession1665

possessednessa1698

self-regulation1698

possession1703

retenue1747

sang-froid1750

self-collection1761

render1768

self-collectedness1805

self-repression1821

self-containedness1835

unimpulsiveness1860

cool-headedness1881

sophrosyne1889

cool1964

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice iv. i. 5 Horses that are of any coolnesse or sobrietie in iourneying.

1651 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix 79 Eugenius, will you venture, in Philosophic Coolness, to say, etc.

1730 D. Waterland Suppl. to Nat. Sacram. 1 To preserve the Coolness and Sedateness proper to religious or learned Enquiries.

1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity I. i. 5 I wish..my readers may attend me with..coolness.

1805 Capt. Blackwood in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. 224 After performing wonders by his example and coolness, Lord Nelson was wounded by a French Sharp-shooter.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. 526 Only Hampden's coolness and tact averted a conflict.

1897 Lancet 5 June 1541/1 Except for slight nausea, I continued to feel well, and there was no loss of mental coolness or alertness.

1960 Amer. Econ. Rev. 50 1122 In fact, some readers, particularly those interested in the ‘romance’ of the industry, may well be disappointed in the coolness and calmness of the prose.

1989 Campaign 21 Apr. 39/4 The seasoned Knight was coolness personified and murmured reassuring words to the two ladies.

2005 Wall St. Jrnl. 9 Sept. (Central ed.) w5/6 The new prisoner facing down the hard stares of the older hands..with indomitable coolness.

b. Unabashed assurance; composed audacity or impudence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > shamelessness

unshamefulnessc950

unshamefastness?a1400

shamelessness1540

unshameless1555

shamefastness1589

unshamefacedness1596

flagrancy1599

blatancy1610

flagrance1634

brass1642

frontlessness1698

barefacedness1702

bronze1729

coolness1751

shamefacedness1827

bold-facedness1832

brazenness1861

unblushingness1891

1751 S. Johnson Cheynel in Student 2 No. 9. 332 Who, with his usual coolness and modesty, took possession of the lodgings soon after by breaking open the doors.

1852 U.S. Democratic Rev. May 473/1 The coolness, the effrontery with which the old fogy proprietors of our party deliberately sit down and play at push-pin on paper with these men is laughable, were it not to them insulting.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xi. 280 He comes there, and takes possession of the territory with all the coolness of a usurper.

1948 G. Frost Flying Squad xi. 135 When he made an appearance [in court], with all the coolness and self-assurance in the world, he asked for a dock brief for Counsel.

1999 S. Gill in C. Dickens Oliver Twist Introd. p. xxiv ‘I took the liberty of using his name, long afterwards, in Oliver Twist.’ The coolness of this revelation is breathtaking.

c. Jazz (originally U.S.). The restrained or relaxed style of playing associated with cool jazz. Cf. cool adj. 2e.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > jazz > [noun] > types of > quality

coolness1950

1950 Flair May 28 Coolness..has moved into the special language of the jazz world.

1955 R. Horricks in A. J. McCarthy Jazzbook 1955 30 At times the dilution of pure emotion into an approach of coolness has been overdone.

1963 San Antonio (Texas) Express 6 June 2 b/5 The parent generation never did think much of ‘coolness’, having learned under Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw and Tommy Dorsey that good jazz had to be ‘hot’.

2001 Australian (Nexis) 14 Feb. b18 Kind of Blue was nowhere near the starting place of cool jazz..but brought coolness to a new maturity.

4. colloquial (originally U.S.). The quality or condition of being cool (cool adj. 8); stylishness; general admirableness.

ΘΚΠ

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

fashionableness1640

à-la-modeness1669

modishness1676

à la modality1753

tonishness1780

style1807

stylishnessa1817

fashionability1840

swellishness1863

hep1899

hipness1937

coolness1951

hip1956

cool1962

hipdom1962

with-it-ness1963

funkiness1974

1951 Newsweek 8 Oct. 28/3 Discussing cool and the degrees of coolness, one boy reported: ‘If you like a guy or gal, they're cool.’

1970 G. Scott-Heron Vulture i. 57 Poor silly bitch can't resist the reputation and the coolness that this nigger wears.

1992 J. Crace Arcadia i. ii. 15 For all his coolness and his suits, Rook was a market boy, a Soapie through and through.

2004 I. M. Banks Algebraist (2005) iii. 230 Not constantly measuring one's own coolness against that of one's peers—was in itself kind of cool.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	coolness
释义	coolnessn. Brit. /ˈkuːlnəs/, U.S. /ˈkulnəs/ Forms: see cool adj., adv., and int. and -ness suffix Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cool adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < cool adj. + -ness suffix. 1. The fact or condition of being or feeling cool; cool quality or sensation. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] > coolness coolnessOE refroidourc1475 coola1500 coolth1547 frescour1638 swalec1700 OE Paris Psalter (1932) lxv. 11 We þuruh fyr farað and þuruh floda þrym, and ðu us on colnesse [L. in refrigerium] clæne gelæddest. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. ix. viii. 528 By coolnesse of wyntir pooris beþ I closid and kynde hete drawiþ inward. c1450 Practica Phisicalia John of Burgundy in H. Schöffler Mittelengl. Medizinlit. (1919) 208 (MED) For the colenesse of þe stomack. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 207/1 Colenesse, freschevr. ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 73 The..delectabl coolnes of the foountain. 1673 Gentlewomans Compan. 71 If your pottage be..hot.., have patience till it be of a fit coolness. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 61 The Coolness of the Night. View more context for this quotation 1708 N. Rowe Royal Convert ii. i. 18 I took my usual Way, To seek the Coolness of the well-spread Shade. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc i. 523 The thunder-shower Fell with refreshing coolness on my head. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Merlin & Vivien 755 in Idylls of King Then paced for coolness in the chapel-yard. 1897 M. E. Coleridge King with Two Faces xli. 321 The wind-stirred coolness, the gentle noises of early morning had succeeded the silent, airless heat of the night. 1938 Amer. Home Jan. 54/2 This residence is planned for coolness during the daytime heat. 1987 J. Diski Rainforest v. 62 She was dressed for the weather, for coolness and convenience. 2005 Globe & Mail 5 Aug. a1/3 A storyteller who captivated those gathered on her porch as she wove tales in the evening coolness. 2. Lack of fervour, enthusiasm, or interest; absence of cordiality or friendliness. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > lukewarmness or lack of enthusiasm warmness1561 lukewarmness1573 coolnessa1586 lukeness1597 unzealousness1615 tepiditya1631 mambling1640 half-heartedness1670 lukewarmth1716 unfervency1787 tepidness1821 under-zeal1841 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > lack of affability strangenessc1386 unhomelinessc1440 fremdnessa1500 coldness1557 coolnessa1586 self-guarda1586 diskindness1596 formality1599 reservedness1606 inaffability1611 restrainta1616 unconess1637 chillness1639 froideur1645 distance1660 starchedness1670 buckram1682 starchness?1693 starch1694 reserve1711 stiffness1717 unapproachableness1727 retirement1803 angularity1824 standoffishness1826 distancy1836 chill1837 starchiness1844 unapproachability1846 hedgehogginess1858 standoff1865 offishness1867 aloofness1878 pokerishness1880 untouchableness1909 untouchability1919 stuffiness1926 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. iv. sig. Ll1^v In many did it breed a coolenesse, to deale violently against him. a1674 Earl of Clarendon Hist. Rebellion (1703) II. viii. 462 They..parted with such coolness towards each other, as if they scarce hoped to meet again. 1753 W. Melmoth tr. Cicero Lett. i. iv. (R.) As being unwilling it should appear..that any coolness had arisen between us. 1767 J. Penn By Way of Prevention 24 Inattention, in hearing the Word of God, generally produces a Coolness for sacred Worship. 1858 Harper's Mag. Apr. 670/2 Though there has been a coolness between us and our aunt-kinswoman in Virginia, yet we are of the same blood. 1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope ii. 55 A coolness had sprung up between Pope and Addison. 1933 Polit. Sci. Q. 48 117 He did not seek actually to create ill-will, as he has been accused of doing in such instances as..French–English coolness over Egypt. 1992 Economist 11 July 64/2 Foreign coolness towards the demise of formal democracy, and the consequent slowdown in aid. 2007 Daily Mail (Nexis) 15 Sept. 25 The diminution of coolness between the two former rivals. 3. a. Controlled, dispassionate, or unemotional temperament or behaviour; calmness, composure. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > [noun] repressiona1413 governailc1425 willc1480 self-rule1532 coldness1548 stay1556 presentness of mind1598 coolness1607 cold blooda1609 temper1611 self-discipline1612 retention?1615 presence of mind?1624 self-governance1630 retentiveness1641 self-command1651 self-mastery1652 self-control1653 self-direction1653 self-restraint1656 self-possession1665 possessednessa1698 self-regulation1698 possession1703 retenue1747 sang-froid1750 self-collection1761 render1768 self-collectedness1805 self-repression1821 self-containedness1835 unimpulsiveness1860 cool-headedness1881 sophrosyne1889 cool1964 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice iv. i. 5 Horses that are of any coolnesse or sobrietie in iourneying. 1651 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix 79 Eugenius, will you venture, in Philosophic Coolness, to say, etc. 1730 D. Waterland Suppl. to Nat. Sacram. 1 To preserve the Coolness and Sedateness proper to religious or learned Enquiries. 1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity I. i. 5 I wish..my readers may attend me with..coolness. 1805 Capt. Blackwood in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. 224 After performing wonders by his example and coolness, Lord Nelson was wounded by a French Sharp-shooter. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. 526 Only Hampden's coolness and tact averted a conflict. 1897 Lancet 5 June 1541/1 Except for slight nausea, I continued to feel well, and there was no loss of mental coolness or alertness. 1960 Amer. Econ. Rev. 50 1122 In fact, some readers, particularly those interested in the ‘romance’ of the industry, may well be disappointed in the coolness and calmness of the prose. 1989 Campaign 21 Apr. 39/4 The seasoned Knight was coolness personified and murmured reassuring words to the two ladies. 2005 Wall St. Jrnl. 9 Sept. (Central ed.) w5/6 The new prisoner facing down the hard stares of the older hands..with indomitable coolness. b. Unabashed assurance; composed audacity or impudence. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > shamelessness unshamefulnessc950 unshamefastness?a1400 shamelessness1540 unshameless1555 shamefastness1589 unshamefacedness1596 flagrancy1599 blatancy1610 flagrance1634 brass1642 frontlessness1698 barefacedness1702 bronze1729 coolness1751 shamefacedness1827 bold-facedness1832 brazenness1861 unblushingness1891 1751 S. Johnson Cheynel in Student 2 No. 9. 332 Who, with his usual coolness and modesty, took possession of the lodgings soon after by breaking open the doors. 1852 U.S. Democratic Rev. May 473/1 The coolness, the effrontery with which the old fogy proprietors of our party deliberately sit down and play at push-pin on paper with these men is laughable, were it not to them insulting. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xi. 280 He comes there, and takes possession of the territory with all the coolness of a usurper. 1948 G. Frost Flying Squad xi. 135 When he made an appearance [in court], with all the coolness and self-assurance in the world, he asked for a dock brief for Counsel. 1999 S. Gill in C. Dickens Oliver Twist Introd. p. xxiv ‘I took the liberty of using his name, long afterwards, in Oliver Twist.’ The coolness of this revelation is breathtaking. c. Jazz (originally U.S.). The restrained or relaxed style of playing associated with cool jazz. Cf. cool adj. 2e. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > jazz > [noun] > types of > quality coolness1950 1950 Flair May 28 Coolness..has moved into the special language of the jazz world. 1955 R. Horricks in A. J. McCarthy Jazzbook 1955 30 At times the dilution of pure emotion into an approach of coolness has been overdone. 1963 San Antonio (Texas) Express 6 June 2 b/5 The parent generation never did think much of ‘coolness’, having learned under Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw and Tommy Dorsey that good jazz had to be ‘hot’. 2001 Australian (Nexis) 14 Feb. b18 Kind of Blue was nowhere near the starting place of cool jazz..but brought coolness to a new maturity. 4. colloquial (originally U.S.). The quality or condition of being cool (cool adj. 8); stylishness; general admirableness. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] fashionableness1640 à-la-modeness1669 modishness1676 à la modality1753 tonishness1780 style1807 stylishnessa1817 fashionability1840 swellishness1863 hep1899 hipness1937 coolness1951 hip1956 cool1962 hipdom1962 with-it-ness1963 funkiness1974 1951 Newsweek 8 Oct. 28/3 Discussing cool and the degrees of coolness, one boy reported: ‘If you like a guy or gal, they're cool.’ 1970 G. Scott-Heron Vulture i. 57 Poor silly bitch can't resist the reputation and the coolness that this nigger wears. 1992 J. Crace Arcadia i. ii. 15 For all his coolness and his suits, Rook was a market boy, a Soapie through and through. 2004 I. M. Banks Algebraist (2005) iii. 230 Not constantly measuring one's own coolness against that of one's peers—was in itself kind of cool. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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