crookednessn.

/ˈkrʊkɪdnɪs/

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

The quality or state of being crooked.

1. literal.

a. generally.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > crookedness

wrengthc1220

crookednessa1398

wrongnessc1440

wryness1591

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. iv. 905 Þis tree [sc. ver] is wonder heigh... It streccheþ vpright wiþouten eny crokednesse.

1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 257 Lyht..rhyt furth procedyth wyth owte crokydnesse.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. ii. 55 The apparent crookedness of the Staff in a double medium of Air and Water.

1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. (1872) I. 16 This legend may account for any crookedness of the street.

b. Bodily deformity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > [noun]

crookedness1398

monstruosity1402

deformity1413

misfashioning1469

misfigurec1480

counterfeiturec1500

monstrosity1616

pravity1647

monstruousness1653

malformation1769

misformation1822

dysmorphia1848

misshape1867

aplasia1885

nanity1892

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xxviii. 138 The cause of shrynkynge and crokidnes of the honde.

1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. lxx Crokednes or curuyte in the backe or shoulders.

1693 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §12. 11 Narrow Breasts..ill Lungs, and Crookedness, are the..Effects of hard Bodice, and Cloths that pinch.

†c. Mathematics. Curvature. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [noun] > curvature

crookedness1651

flexure1672

flexion1704

curvature1710

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxvii. 156 All deviation from a strait line is equally crookednesse.

1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. iii. xx. 218 The Crookedness of the Arch of a Circle is every where Uniform.

2. figurative. Deviation from rectitude; moral obliquity; perversity, etc.: see crooked adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > crookedness > [noun]

crookednessc1380

deformityc1400

turningnessa1586

indirectiona1616

obliquitya1620

curvity1620

tortuosity1621

indirectness1628

unsinglenessa1658

unstraightness1693

tortuousness1824

underhandedness1884

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > lack of straightforwardness or uprightness

crookednessc1380

turningnessa1586

indirectiona1616

obliquitya1620

curvity1620

tortuosity1621

indirectness1628

unuprightnessa1680

unstraightness1693

deviousness1727

tortuousness1824

obliqueness1877

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

c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 273 Sich crokidnesse bringiþ aȝen derknesse of mannis liif.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Conradus Celtis in Panoplie Epist. 393 The crookednesse of my lucke.

1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling ii. i. 59 Youth..easily warps into a crookedness.

1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) II. 351 There is a crookedness in his policy.

1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost xi. 305 Moral obliquities bring on a crookedness which hinders the faculty of discerning the rectitude of God's truth.

3. (with plural) An instance of crookedness; a crooked or bent part. Also figurative. A ‘crooked’ piece of conduct.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > crookedness > [noun] > instance of

crookedness1654

the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > crookedness > instance of

crookedness1654

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > lack of straightforwardness or uprightness > instance(s) of

winding1621

circumambages1649

crookedness1869

wangle1915

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 496 As Carpenters bring the square to great unweildy crookednesses, that cannot be moved to it.

1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. iv. 252 A variety of trout, which are naturally deformed, having a strange crookedness near the tail.

1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right I. xxviii. 222 He lived by the crookednesses of people.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	crookedness
释义	crookednessn. /ˈkrʊkɪdnɪs/ Etymology: formed as crooked adj. + -ness suffix. The quality or state of being crooked. 1. literal. a. generally. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > crookedness wrengthc1220 crookednessa1398 wrongnessc1440 wryness1591 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. iv. 905 Þis tree [sc. ver] is wonder heigh... It streccheþ vpright wiþouten eny crokednesse. 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 257 Lyht..rhyt furth procedyth wyth owte crokydnesse. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. ii. 55 The apparent crookedness of the Staff in a double medium of Air and Water. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. (1872) I. 16 This legend may account for any crookedness of the street. b. Bodily deformity. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > [noun] crookedness1398 monstruosity1402 deformity1413 misfashioning1469 misfigurec1480 counterfeiturec1500 monstrosity1616 pravity1647 monstruousness1653 malformation1769 misformation1822 dysmorphia1848 misshape1867 aplasia1885 nanity1892 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xxviii. 138 The cause of shrynkynge and crokidnes of the honde. 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. lxx Crokednes or curuyte in the backe or shoulders. 1693 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §12. 11 Narrow Breasts..ill Lungs, and Crookedness, are the..Effects of hard Bodice, and Cloths that pinch. †c. Mathematics. Curvature. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > curve > [noun] > curvature crookedness1651 flexure1672 flexion1704 curvature1710 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxvii. 156 All deviation from a strait line is equally crookednesse. 1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. iii. xx. 218 The Crookedness of the Arch of a Circle is every where Uniform. 2. figurative. Deviation from rectitude; moral obliquity; perversity, etc.: see crooked adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > crookedness > [noun] crookednessc1380 deformityc1400 turningnessa1586 indirectiona1616 obliquitya1620 curvity1620 tortuosity1621 indirectness1628 unsinglenessa1658 unstraightness1693 tortuousness1824 underhandedness1884 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > lack of straightforwardness or uprightness crookednessc1380 turningnessa1586 indirectiona1616 obliquitya1620 curvity1620 tortuosity1621 indirectness1628 unuprightnessa1680 unstraightness1693 deviousness1727 tortuousness1824 obliqueness1877 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 c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 273 Sich crokidnesse bringiþ aȝen derknesse of mannis liif. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Conradus Celtis in Panoplie Epist. 393 The crookednesse of my lucke. 1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling ii. i. 59 Youth..easily warps into a crookedness. 1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) II. 351 There is a crookedness in his policy. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost xi. 305 Moral obliquities bring on a crookedness which hinders the faculty of discerning the rectitude of God's truth. 3. (with plural) An instance of crookedness; a crooked or bent part. Also figurative. A ‘crooked’ piece of conduct. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > crookedness > [noun] > instance of crookedness1654 the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > crookedness > instance of crookedness1654 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > lack of straightforwardness or uprightness > instance(s) of winding1621 circumambages1649 crookedness1869 wangle1915 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 496 As Carpenters bring the square to great unweildy crookednesses, that cannot be moved to it. 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. iv. 252 A variety of trout, which are naturally deformed, having a strange crookedness near the tail. 1869 A. Trollope He knew he was Right I. xxviii. 222 He lived by the crookednesses of people. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.c1380
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