fewnessn.

Brit.

/ˈfjuːnəs/, U.S.

/ˈfjunəs/

Forms: see few adj. and -ness suffix.

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

Etymology: < few adj. + -ness suffix.

1. The quality or fact of being few in number; small number; scantiness in number.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun]

fewnesseOE

paucityc1425

thinnessc1440

exility1528

smallness1544

rareness1562

infrequency1600

exiguity1604

uninfiniteness1656

scarceness1672

exiguousness1727

spareness1822

sparseness1833

sparsity1865

eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) ci. 21 (24) Paucitatem dierum meorum enuntia mihi : feanisse dega minra sege me.

eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iii. xv. 222 Seo feanis [L. paucitas] nedde þara sacerda, þætte aan biscop sceolde beon ofer tuu folc.

c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) ci. 24 (MED) Telle to me þe fewenes [L. paucitatem] of my daies.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Psalms ci. 24 Fewenesse of my daȝis.

a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) ci. 24 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 233 Feunesse of mi daies.

1483 tr. Adam of Eynsham Reuelation xliii The fewnes of spyrytuall men.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 387 For feuenes thai did fle.

1571 T. Hill Contempl. Mankinde xvii. f. 50 The eyes..did denote a Saturnine disposition in him: and thys especiallye the fewnesse of wordes, and hardnesse in vttering them.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. xxxvi. 356/1 Seeing the fewnes of their pursuers.

1664 Antipharmacum Saluberrimum iii. 30 For their fewness, they may be included within the walls of a Private House.., yet it is a true Church.

1709 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 282 Spoke in vain because of the fewness of Auditors.

1796 T. Holcroft Man of Ten Thousand iv. iii. 50 How can man be so blind to the fewness of his wants, and the infinitude of his means?

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany ii. 9 I congratulated myself..on the fewness of the things which I possessed.

1892 C. S. Newhall Trees N.E. Amer. 192 The fewness and abruptness of its large branches give to it in the winter a dead and stumpy look.

1938 E. Goudge Towers in Mist (1998) x. 225 Walking was too staid a word to describe the motion given to their bodies by..the fewness of their years.

2009 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 25 Apr. a2 27 There was an element of self-parody on Brookner's part, in the fewness of the characters, the isolation of their lives.

†2. The quality or fact of being low in amount; small quantity; an instance of this. Obsolete (poetic in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]

littlenessOE

littleheadc1350

paucity?a1425

smallness?1532

slenderness?1542

exiguity1604

fewness1617

lowness1708

slightness1747

exiguousness1888

1617 T. Taylor Davids Learning viii. 333 The fewnesse or smalnesse of company in the way; few finde it.

1719 G. Bickerton tr. Accurate Disquis. in Physick xxxi. 105 The Belly is sometimes costive, and sometimes..loose with a fewness of Urine.

1861 C. Darwin Let. in F. Darwin Life & Lett. C. Darwin (1887) III. 265 The pollen, so important from its fewness.

1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket iii. iii. 144 Doth not the fewness of anything make the fulness of it in estimation?

1929 R. Graves Compl. Poems (1997) II. 15 If you dare to think Of the greatness, rareness, muchness, Fewness of this precious only Endless world in which you say You live, you think of things like this.

Phrases

† fewness and truth: in few words and truly. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. iv. 38 Fewnes, and truth; tis thus, Your brother, and his louer haue embrac'd.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fewness
释义	fewnessn. Brit. /ˈfjuːnəs/, U.S. /ˈfjunəs/ Forms: see few adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: few adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < few adj. + -ness suffix. 1. The quality or fact of being few in number; small number; scantiness in number. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun] fewnesseOE paucityc1425 thinnessc1440 exility1528 smallness1544 rareness1562 infrequency1600 exiguity1604 uninfiniteness1656 scarceness1672 exiguousness1727 spareness1822 sparseness1833 sparsity1865 eOE (Mercian) Vespasian Psalter (1965) ci. 21 (24) Paucitatem dierum meorum enuntia mihi : feanisse dega minra sege me. eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iii. xv. 222 Seo feanis [L. paucitas] nedde þara sacerda, þætte aan biscop sceolde beon ofer tuu folc. c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) ci. 24 (MED) Telle to me þe fewenes [L. paucitatem] of my daies. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Psalms ci. 24 Fewenesse of my daȝis. a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) ci. 24 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 233 Feunesse of mi daies. 1483 tr. Adam of Eynsham Reuelation xliii The fewnes of spyrytuall men. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 387 For feuenes thai did fle. 1571 T. Hill Contempl. Mankinde xvii. f. 50 The eyes..did denote a Saturnine disposition in him: and thys especiallye the fewnesse of wordes, and hardnesse in vttering them. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vii. xxxvi. 356/1 Seeing the fewnes of their pursuers. 1664 Antipharmacum Saluberrimum iii. 30 For their fewness, they may be included within the walls of a Private House.., yet it is a true Church. 1709 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 282 Spoke in vain because of the fewness of Auditors. 1796 T. Holcroft Man of Ten Thousand iv. iii. 50 How can man be so blind to the fewness of his wants, and the infinitude of his means? 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany ii. 9 I congratulated myself..on the fewness of the things which I possessed. 1892 C. S. Newhall Trees N.E. Amer. 192 The fewness and abruptness of its large branches give to it in the winter a dead and stumpy look. 1938 E. Goudge Towers in Mist (1998) x. 225 Walking was too staid a word to describe the motion given to their bodies by..the fewness of their years. 2009 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 25 Apr. a2 27 There was an element of self-parody on Brookner's part, in the fewness of the characters, the isolation of their lives. †2. The quality or fact of being low in amount; small quantity; an instance of this. Obsolete (poetic in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] littlenessOE littleheadc1350 paucity?a1425 smallness?1532 slenderness?1542 exiguity1604 fewness1617 lowness1708 slightness1747 exiguousness1888 1617 T. Taylor Davids Learning viii. 333 The fewnesse or smalnesse of company in the way; few finde it. 1719 G. Bickerton tr. Accurate Disquis. in Physick xxxi. 105 The Belly is sometimes costive, and sometimes..loose with a fewness of Urine. 1861 C. Darwin Let. in F. Darwin Life & Lett. C. Darwin (1887) III. 265 The pollen, so important from its fewness. 1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket iii. iii. 144 Doth not the fewness of anything make the fulness of it in estimation? 1929 R. Graves Compl. Poems (1997) II. 15 If you dare to think Of the greatness, rareness, muchness, Fewness of this precious only Endless world in which you say You live, you think of things like this. Phrases † fewness and truth: in few words and truly. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. iv. 38 Fewnes, and truth; tis thus, Your brother, and his louer haue embrac'd. View more context for this quotation This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOE
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