difficultnessn.

Brit.

/ˈdɪfᵻkltnəs/, U.S.

/ˈdɪfəkəltnəs/

Forms: see difficult adj. and -ness suffix.

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

Etymology: < difficult adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier difficulty n.

The quality, fact, or condition of being difficult (in various senses); difficulty.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun]

arvethnessc1000

painc1330

difficultya1382

hardnessc1384

wondsome?a1400

hardheada1425

painfulnessa1530

difficult?1532

difficultness1549

awkness1587

uneasiness1594

difficileness1612

arduity1623

problem1641

difficacity1656

going1678

arduousness1731

catch-arse1970

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

1549 E. Allen tr. L. Juda Paraphr. Reuelacion S. John f. xxix, in M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II Y^e former chapter nexte goyng before being wel vnderstande, there is no great difficultnes nor hardnes in this.

1580 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Dial. Yron in Ioyfull Newes (new ed.) f. 170 It toke away the difficultnesse of the swallowing downe.

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. viii. 414 The difficultnesse of this subiect..would not allow vs that liberty.

1684 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Pharmaceutice Rationalis: Second Pt. in Pract. Physick (rev. ed.) iii. 179 Difficultness of Breathing,..frequent Swoonings, and inordinate suffusions of Heat and Cold follow.

1790 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Midland Counties II. Index sig. Gg4 Grazing cattle..evidence of its difficultness.

1854 Q. Jrnl. Amer. Unitarian Assoc. Apr. 213 The third test of the comparative importance of miracles is the difficultness of accomplishment.

1898 Lit. Digest 5 Nov. 564/2 Very many persons judge a problem wholly by its difficultness.

1934 ‘C. S. Forester’ Peacemaker 19 He was experienced now in Mary's ‘difficultness’.

1966 Portsmouth (New Hampsh.) Herald 9 Dec. 8/1 A new law is on the books requiring New Hampshire ski areas to designate the difficultness of their trails by color symbols.

2002 M. H. Bornstein & M. E. Lamb Devel. in Infancy (2008) x. 365 Prediction from infant difficultness to later behaviour problems has been inconsistent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	difficultness
释义	difficultnessn. Brit. /ˈdɪfᵻkltnəs/, U.S. /ˈdɪfəkəltnəs/ Forms: see difficult adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: difficult adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < difficult adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier difficulty n. The quality, fact, or condition of being difficult (in various senses); difficulty. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] arvethnessc1000 painc1330 difficultya1382 hardnessc1384 wondsome?a1400 hardheada1425 painfulnessa1530 difficult?1532 difficultness1549 awkness1587 uneasiness1594 difficileness1612 arduity1623 problem1641 difficacity1656 going1678 arduousness1731 catch-arse1970 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 1549 E. Allen tr. L. Juda Paraphr. Reuelacion S. John f. xxix, in M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II Y^e former chapter nexte goyng before being wel vnderstande, there is no great difficultnes nor hardnes in this. 1580 J. Frampton tr. N. Monardes Dial. Yron in Ioyfull Newes (new ed.) f. 170 It toke away the difficultnesse of the swallowing downe. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. viii. 414 The difficultnesse of this subiect..would not allow vs that liberty. 1684 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Pharmaceutice Rationalis: Second Pt. in Pract. Physick (rev. ed.) iii. 179 Difficultness of Breathing,..frequent Swoonings, and inordinate suffusions of Heat and Cold follow. 1790 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Midland Counties II. Index sig. Gg4 Grazing cattle..evidence of its difficultness. 1854 Q. Jrnl. Amer. Unitarian Assoc. Apr. 213 The third test of the comparative importance of miracles is the difficultness of accomplishment. 1898 Lit. Digest 5 Nov. 564/2 Very many persons judge a problem wholly by its difficultness. 1934 ‘C. S. Forester’ Peacemaker 19 He was experienced now in Mary's ‘difficultness’. 1966 Portsmouth (New Hampsh.) Herald 9 Dec. 8/1 A new law is on the books requiring New Hampshire ski areas to designate the difficultness of their trails by color symbols. 2002 M. H. Bornstein & M. E. Lamb Devel. in Infancy (2008) x. 365 Prediction from infant difficultness to later behaviour problems has been inconsistent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1549
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