单词 | angularness |
释义 | angularnessn. The quality of being angular (in various senses); angularity. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > angularity > [noun] angularity1642 angulosity1659 angulization1665 angularness1670 angulationa1687 edginess1822 quaining1871 1670 W. Marshall Answers upon Several Heads Philos. ii. vii. 95 In such lines there be not at every mean point an angularness, the lines still lying in the same positure. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Angularness, the quality of being angular. 1878 ‘G. Vase’ Great Myst. Solved I. xiii. 289 This man, who lets my faults alone, and allows me to grow crooked at my pleasure, a perfect abnormity of angularness. 1910 H. A. Shute Plupy (1911) iii. 57 Harry, the oldest boy, familiarly known as Plupy, Skinny, or Polelegs, on account of the colt-like angularness of his build. 2006 Sun (Nexis) 25 Aug. In the current climate where post-punk angularness dominates, they [sc. the rock band Kasabian] exist outside of prevailing fashion trends. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1670 |
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