edginessn.

/ˈɛdʒɪnɪs/

Etymology: < edgy adj. + -ness suffix.

a. The condition of having the outlines too clearly marked; angularity, hardness of outline. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > angularity > [noun]

angularity1642

angulosity1659

angulization1665

angularness1670

angulationa1687

edginess1822

quaining1871

1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 11 427 It would supply an excellent study for a painter; all edginess..is gone.

1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 391 To be clear, acute, and definite, without that edginess and inelasticity.

1962 Listener 7 June 991/1 This edginess in the presence of the actual world characterizes a great deal of transcendent metaphysics.

b. Irritability.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > [noun]

impatiencec1230

eagernessa1400

unsufferancea1400

impatiency1526

testiness1526

impatientness1550

touchiness1603

tetchiness1623

irritability1791

twitchiness1834

rustiness1860

soreheadedness1860

shirtiness1868

chippiness1877

rattiness1898

cabin fever1918

snarkiness1960

edginess1963

1963 Times 8 June 5/2 Her tone sometimes acquired an edginess out of character.

1965 M. Morse Unattached iv. 131 There was a certain amount of edginess..between the groups.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	edginess
释义	edginessn. /ˈɛdʒɪnɪs/ Etymology: < edgy adj. + -ness suffix. a. The condition of having the outlines too clearly marked; angularity, hardness of outline. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > [noun] angularity1642 angulosity1659 angulization1665 angularness1670 angulationa1687 edginess1822 quaining1871 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 11 427 It would supply an excellent study for a painter; all edginess..is gone. 1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 391 To be clear, acute, and definite, without that edginess and inelasticity. 1962 Listener 7 June 991/1 This edginess in the presence of the actual world characterizes a great deal of transcendent metaphysics. b. Irritability. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > [noun] impatiencec1230 eagernessa1400 unsufferancea1400 impatiency1526 testiness1526 impatientness1550 touchiness1603 tetchiness1623 irritability1791 twitchiness1834 rustiness1860 soreheadedness1860 shirtiness1868 chippiness1877 rattiness1898 cabin fever1918 snarkiness1960 edginess1963 1963 Times 8 June 5/2 Her tone sometimes acquired an edginess out of character. 1965 M. Morse Unattached iv. 131 There was a certain amount of edginess..between the groups. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1822
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