† delivernessn.

Forms: see deliver adj. and -ness suffix.

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

Etymology: < deliver adj. + -ness suffix.

Obsolete. rare after early 17th cent.

The quality of being able to move quickly and easily; nimbleness, agility; = delivery n. 9.In quot. c1443: mental agility.

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the world > movement > bodily movement > [noun] > qualities of bodily movement > agility or nimbleness

lightnessc1350

delivernessa1382

sleightc1385

deliverancec1410

agility?a1475

deliverhead1493

nimblenessa1500

quiverness?1548

delivery1590

legerity1590

nimbless1596

levity1607

agileness1653

airiness1731

spryness1865

nippiness1916

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. vii. 6 Wile thou not sechen to be mad a domes man..lest parauenture thou..putte sclaunder in thin hider and thider deliuernesse [a1425 L.V. swiftnesse; L. agilitate].

a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 5900 Þe gudes of kynd er bodily strenthe..And delyvernes and bewte of body.

c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 225 (MED) Þei mowe and schulen bi quyknes or delyuernes and bisynes of her resoun falle into so manye fold consideraciouns bi occasioun of her v outward wittis and of her v inward wittis.

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxii. f. 42 Fewe menne surmounted hym in strength and delyuernes.

a1607 T. Brightman Revelation of Revelation (1615) 700 Certainly this..deserueth to be called properly by the Latin name, Expedition, for the deliuernes thereof.

1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Deliverness, agility..What we now term delivery. [Also in later dictionaries.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	deliverness
释义	† delivernessn. Forms: see deliver adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: deliver adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < deliver adj. + -ness suffix. Obsolete. rare after early 17th cent. The quality of being able to move quickly and easily; nimbleness, agility; = delivery n. 9.In quot. c1443: mental agility. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > bodily movement > [noun] > qualities of bodily movement > agility or nimbleness lightnessc1350 delivernessa1382 sleightc1385 deliverancec1410 agility?a1475 deliverhead1493 nimblenessa1500 quiverness?1548 delivery1590 legerity1590 nimbless1596 levity1607 agileness1653 airiness1731 spryness1865 nippiness1916 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. vii. 6 Wile thou not sechen to be mad a domes man..lest parauenture thou..putte sclaunder in thin hider and thider deliuernesse [a1425 L.V. swiftnesse; L. agilitate]. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 5900 Þe gudes of kynd er bodily strenthe..And delyvernes and bewte of body. c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 225 (MED) Þei mowe and schulen bi quyknes or delyuernes and bisynes of her resoun falle into so manye fold consideraciouns bi occasioun of her v outward wittis and of her v inward wittis. 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxii. f. 42 Fewe menne surmounted hym in strength and delyuernes. a1607 T. Brightman Revelation of Revelation (1615) 700 Certainly this..deserueth to be called properly by the Latin name, Expedition, for the deliuernes thereof. 1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Deliverness, agility..What we now term delivery. [Also in later dictionaries.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1382
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