diffusednessn.

Brit.

/dᵻˈfjuːsᵻdnəs/, U.S.

/dᵻˈfjusədnəs/

Forms: see diffused adj. and -ness suffix.

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

Etymology: < diffused adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier diffuseness n.

1. Obscurity, complexity; confusedness. Cf. diffused adj. 1. rare.

ΘΚΠ

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

fogginess1572

diffusedness1611

implicancy1638

implicate1656

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Obscurité, obscuritie..diffusednesse.

1616 T. Gainsford Hist. Trebizond i. 74 Hee hasted toward Fortona, and hast encreasing distemperature, gaue him no leisure to meditate on the diffusednesse of his iourney.

1879 W. James in Jrnl. Speculative Philos. 13 244 He hates and flies from collected reasoning..because he considers it empty clearness, and thus he makes diffusedness of thought the fundamental principle of all realism.

1963 F. L. K. Hsu Clan, Caste, & Club viii. 173 The peculiar diffusedness of human relationships in which rules and measures governing rewards and obligations are unclear.

2. The quality of being widely spread, dispersed, or separated. Cf. diffused adj. 3a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [noun] > condition of being > widely, of something immaterial

latitude1612

diffusednessa1626

diffusivenessa1631

spread1644

extensiveness1656

worldwideness1890

globality1931

a1626 L. Andrewes XCVI Serm. (1629) 213 Willing to reduce the diffusednesse of our repentance at large, to the certainty of some one sett time.

1682 R. Boyle New Exper. Icy Noctiluca 46 A conjecture I had made about the great diffusedness of the Noctilucal Matter.

1750 T. Edwards Canons Crit. (ed. 3) xxii. 113 It is the diffusedness, or extent of her infection which is here described.

1812 Amer. Rev. Hist. & Polit. Apr. 236 The difficulties which occur in the levying of taxes..must..increase in proportion with the extent of territory, over which the population is spread,..and with the diffusedness of that population.

1885 Nature 30 July 267/1 It is this [dust] which causes the blue of the sky and the diffusedness of daylight.

1900 N.Y. Times 17 Feb. (Sat. Review Bks. & Art) 1/3 One is apt to mistake the diffusedness of the interest in a subject in which he himself is very much absorbed.

1997 M. Pati Bhagavad Gita xiv. 166 From diversity and diffusedness to unity and concentration.

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

单词	diffusedness
释义	diffusednessn. Brit. /dᵻˈfjuːsᵻdnəs/, U.S. /dᵻˈfjusədnəs/ Forms: see diffused adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: diffused adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < diffused adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier diffuseness n. 1. Obscurity, complexity; confusedness. Cf. diffused adj. 1. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [noun] > confusion fogginess1572 diffusedness1611 implicancy1638 implicate1656 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Obscurité, obscuritie..diffusednesse. 1616 T. Gainsford Hist. Trebizond i. 74 Hee hasted toward Fortona, and hast encreasing distemperature, gaue him no leisure to meditate on the diffusednesse of his iourney. 1879 W. James in Jrnl. Speculative Philos. 13 244 He hates and flies from collected reasoning..because he considers it empty clearness, and thus he makes diffusedness of thought the fundamental principle of all realism. 1963 F. L. K. Hsu Clan, Caste, & Club viii. 173 The peculiar diffusedness of human relationships in which rules and measures governing rewards and obligations are unclear. 2. The quality of being widely spread, dispersed, or separated. Cf. diffused adj. 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [noun] > condition of being > widely, of something immaterial latitude1612 diffusednessa1626 diffusivenessa1631 spread1644 extensiveness1656 worldwideness1890 globality1931 a1626 L. Andrewes XCVI Serm. (1629) 213 Willing to reduce the diffusednesse of our repentance at large, to the certainty of some one sett time. 1682 R. Boyle New Exper. Icy Noctiluca 46 A conjecture I had made about the great diffusedness of the Noctilucal Matter. 1750 T. Edwards Canons Crit. (ed. 3) xxii. 113 It is the diffusedness, or extent of her infection which is here described. 1812 Amer. Rev. Hist. & Polit. Apr. 236 The difficulties which occur in the levying of taxes..must..increase in proportion with the extent of territory, over which the population is spread,..and with the diffusedness of that population. 1885 Nature 30 July 267/1 It is this [dust] which causes the blue of the sky and the diffusedness of daylight. 1900 N.Y. Times 17 Feb. (Sat. Review Bks. & Art) 1/3 One is apt to mistake the diffusedness of the interest in a subject in which he himself is very much absorbed. 1997 M. Pati Bhagavad Gita xiv. 166 From diversity and diffusedness to unity and concentration. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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