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单词 double-edgedness
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double-edgednessn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: double-edged adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < double-edged adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: double-ˈedgedness.
The quality or condition of being double-edged.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [noun]
ambiguitya1325
doublenessa1513
ambiguousness1542
double meaning1551
indifferency1596
equivocacy1646
equivocalness1647
ambilogy1656
greyness1663
mealy-mouthedness1697
amphilogy1731
equivocality1735
grey1822
double-edgedness1901
ambivalence1912
ambivalency1912
1901 J. Jastrow Fact & Fable in Psychol. 165 With peculiar obliviousness to the double-edgedness of his remark, he writes [etc.].
1908 Dublin Rev. Oct. 281 He did not realize the double-edgedness of epigram when delivered in the wrong time and place, to the wrong person.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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