erectnessn.

/ɪˈrɛktnɪs/

Etymology: < erect adj. + -ness suffix.

1. The quality or condition of being erect; an erect attitude.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun]

righteousnesseOE

rightnessOE

justice1340

rightfulnessa1350

right wiseness1447

justnessc1450

droiture1483

rectitude1509

uprightness1541

erectness1646

principle1653

right-mindedness1767

perpendicular1823

the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [noun] > condition of being vertical or upright

bolt-uprightnessc1405

perpendicularness1606

uprightness1645

erectness1646

verticality1799

verticalism1860

the world > space > relative position > posture > upright or erect posture > [noun]

bolt-uprightnessc1405

erection1622

erectness1646

standing1709

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 180 One kinde of Locust..stands..in a large erectnesse..by Zoographers called mantis .

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. i Persons [who] ..think not the erectness of man's stature a sufficient distinction of him from Brutes.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xxvi. 140 The erectness of her mien.

1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude II. xlii. 379 For the use of these, he set up a perpendicular staff, as a standard of erectness.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. xv. 263 In the renunciation of her proud erectness, her mental attitude seemed changed.

figurative.1647 H. More Philos. Poems Notes 164/1 The rightnesse of the angles, is a plain embleme of erectnesse or uprightnesse of mind.1822 W. Hazlitt Knowl. World in Men & Manners (1852) 142 We should retain something of the erectness and openness of our first unbiassed thoughts.1878 P. Bayne Chief Actors Puritan Revol. ii. 47 A refreshing sense of moral erectness.

†2. Altitude. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > [noun] > relief > altitude

hypsometry1570

erection1584

erectnessa1613

tree-line1893

a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) xiii. 110 The highest sort of them [mountains] passe not in perpendicular erectnesse 10 furlongs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	erectness
释义	erectnessn. /ɪˈrɛktnɪs/ Etymology: < erect adj. + -ness suffix. 1. The quality or condition of being erect; an erect attitude. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > [noun] righteousnesseOE rightnessOE justice1340 rightfulnessa1350 right wiseness1447 justnessc1450 droiture1483 rectitude1509 uprightness1541 erectness1646 principle1653 right-mindedness1767 perpendicular1823 the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [noun] > condition of being vertical or upright bolt-uprightnessc1405 perpendicularness1606 uprightness1645 erectness1646 verticality1799 verticalism1860 the world > space > relative position > posture > upright or erect posture > [noun] bolt-uprightnessc1405 erection1622 erectness1646 standing1709 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 180 One kinde of Locust..stands..in a large erectnesse..by Zoographers called mantis . View more context for this quotation 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. i Persons [who] ..think not the erectness of man's stature a sufficient distinction of him from Brutes. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xxvi. 140 The erectness of her mien. 1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude II. xlii. 379 For the use of these, he set up a perpendicular staff, as a standard of erectness. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. xv. 263 In the renunciation of her proud erectness, her mental attitude seemed changed. figurative.1647 H. More Philos. Poems Notes 164/1 The rightnesse of the angles, is a plain embleme of erectnesse or uprightnesse of mind.1822 W. Hazlitt Knowl. World in Men & Manners (1852) 142 We should retain something of the erectness and openness of our first unbiassed thoughts.1878 P. Bayne Chief Actors Puritan Revol. ii. 47 A refreshing sense of moral erectness. †2. Altitude. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > [noun] > relief > altitude hypsometry1570 erection1584 erectnessa1613 tree-line1893 a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) xiii. 110 The highest sort of them [mountains] passe not in perpendicular erectnesse 10 furlongs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.a1613
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