crabbednessn.

/ˈkrabɪdnɪs/

Etymology: formed as crabbed adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality of being crabbed.

1. Crookedness, perversity or refractoriness of disposition, fractiousness (obsolete); ill-nature; harshness; asperity or sourness of temper.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [noun]

cursednessc1386

crabbedness1413

thrawnness1499

currishness1542

doggedness1592

spleen1597

incompliance1689

crustiness1727

dourness1794

grumpiness1835

cussedness1852

nabalism1853

ungeniality1859

disgrace1861

cantankerousness1881

ugliness1889

stroppiness1969

the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > perverseness

frowardnessa1300

waywardnessc1384

wrawnessc1386

frowardship14..

perversity?a1425

frowardheadc1470

overthwartnessc1475

adversity1489

perversednessa1500

thrawnness1499

untowardnessa1525

protervitya1527

repugnancy1557

thrawardness1567

contrariousness1571

crookedness1576

thwartness1577

pervertness1581

peevishness1582

awkness1587

crabbedness1598

untowardliness1598

crossness1600

difficileness1612

contrariness1642

perverseness1644

cross-grainedness1652

wrong-headedness1740

pigheadedness1801

cussedness1852

orneriness1880

bloody-mindedness1910

difficultness1934

1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle iv. xx. 66 O deth..bytter art thou and ful of crabbydnesse.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 472 Throw crabitnes with gret crudelitie.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Peruersita, peruersenes, frowardnes, crabbednes.

1765 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 (ed. 2) 187 The natural crabbedness of his wife's temper.

1888 J. K. Laughton in Dict. National Biogr. XVI. 96/1 The sweetness of temper which everybody loves, or the crabbedness of will which everybody fears.

2. Ruggedness, roughness, asperity; rugged or perverse intricacy of language, questions, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > condition of

reighnessOE

distemperancec1374

distemperurea1387

sternnessa1387

intemperance?a1475

distemperature1531

intemperancy1540

roughness1545

crabbedness1546

intemperateness1555

inclemency1559

intemperature1570

untemperateness1577

foulness1581

distemperment1582

distemper1614

unkindliness1625

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

roughnessa1398

beggarliness1542

crabbedness1546

barbarousness1549

grossness1563

rusticity1565

barbarism1578

inconcinnity1616

ungracefulness1658

incuriosity1661

incomptness1669

uncouthness1672

unpoliteness1684

barbarity1706

inelegance1726

inelegancy1727

scabrousness1727

asperity1779

crudity1885

ineloquence1894

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [noun] > with reference to condition or situation > specific condition

crabbedness1546

deepness1603

society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] > bad handwriting > untidy or illegible > quality

illegibility1818

scrawliness1867

crabbedness1883

undecipherability1890

1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. ix. 19 a Menander & Philemon..aswaged al the crabbetnesse of the olde wrytinges.

1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia vii. f. 213^v The crabbednesse of the wayes were a let to hym.

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ix. 511 The crabbednes of the season may suffice to deteine vs.

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 319 Leaving the crabbedness of Logick..he became..Herald.

1883 F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius i. 9 Like his uncle's sexagenarian crabbedness of hieroglyphic.

†3. Harshness or asperity of taste. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [noun] > bitterness or acridity

gallc1175

smartnessa1425

rhubarba1529

acrimony1542

acridity1547

amaritude1599

acerbity1608

acrity1619

asperity1620

acritude1650

acridness1702

bitterishness1702

crabbedness1715

acerbitude1727

amarulence1727

bitterness-

1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost II. v. 298 Sugar..mollifies the Acrimony, and makes meek the Crabbedness of tart and sour things.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	crabbedness
释义	crabbednessn. /ˈkrabɪdnɪs/ Etymology: formed as crabbed adj. + -ness suffix. The quality of being crabbed. 1. Crookedness, perversity or refractoriness of disposition, fractiousness (obsolete); ill-nature; harshness; asperity or sourness of temper. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [noun] cursednessc1386 crabbedness1413 thrawnness1499 currishness1542 doggedness1592 spleen1597 incompliance1689 crustiness1727 dourness1794 grumpiness1835 cussedness1852 nabalism1853 ungeniality1859 disgrace1861 cantankerousness1881 ugliness1889 stroppiness1969 the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > perverseness frowardnessa1300 waywardnessc1384 wrawnessc1386 frowardship14.. perversity?a1425 frowardheadc1470 overthwartnessc1475 adversity1489 perversednessa1500 thrawnness1499 untowardnessa1525 protervitya1527 repugnancy1557 thrawardness1567 contrariousness1571 crookedness1576 thwartness1577 pervertness1581 peevishness1582 awkness1587 crabbedness1598 untowardliness1598 crossness1600 difficileness1612 contrariness1642 perverseness1644 cross-grainedness1652 wrong-headedness1740 pigheadedness1801 cussedness1852 orneriness1880 bloody-mindedness1910 difficultness1934 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle iv. xx. 66 O deth..bytter art thou and ful of crabbydnesse. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 472 Throw crabitnes with gret crudelitie. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Peruersita, peruersenes, frowardnes, crabbednes. 1765 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 (ed. 2) 187 The natural crabbedness of his wife's temper. 1888 J. K. Laughton in Dict. National Biogr. XVI. 96/1 The sweetness of temper which everybody loves, or the crabbedness of will which everybody fears. 2. Ruggedness, roughness, asperity; rugged or perverse intricacy of language, questions, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > condition of reighnessOE distemperancec1374 distemperurea1387 sternnessa1387 intemperance?a1475 distemperature1531 intemperancy1540 roughness1545 crabbedness1546 intemperateness1555 inclemency1559 intemperature1570 untemperateness1577 foulness1581 distemperment1582 distemper1614 unkindliness1625 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [noun] roughnessa1398 beggarliness1542 crabbedness1546 barbarousness1549 grossness1563 rusticity1565 barbarism1578 inconcinnity1616 ungracefulness1658 incuriosity1661 incomptness1669 uncouthness1672 unpoliteness1684 barbarity1706 inelegance1726 inelegancy1727 scabrousness1727 asperity1779 crudity1885 ineloquence1894 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [noun] > with reference to condition or situation > specific condition crabbedness1546 deepness1603 society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] > bad handwriting > untidy or illegible > quality illegibility1818 scrawliness1867 crabbedness1883 undecipherability1890 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. ix. 19 a Menander & Philemon..aswaged al the crabbetnesse of the olde wrytinges. 1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia vii. f. 213^v The crabbednesse of the wayes were a let to hym. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ix. 511 The crabbednes of the season may suffice to deteine vs. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 319 Leaving the crabbedness of Logick..he became..Herald. 1883 F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius i. 9 Like his uncle's sexagenarian crabbedness of hieroglyphic. †3. Harshness or asperity of taste. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [noun] > bitterness or acridity gallc1175 smartnessa1425 rhubarba1529 acrimony1542 acridity1547 amaritude1599 acerbity1608 acrity1619 asperity1620 acritude1650 acridness1702 bitterishness1702 crabbedness1715 acerbitude1727 amarulence1727 bitterness- 1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost II. v. 298 Sugar..mollifies the Acrimony, and makes meek the Crabbedness of tart and sour things. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1413
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