单词 | first-handedness |
释义 | first-handednessn. The quality or condition of being first-hand or of an original character. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > originality or non-imitation > [noun] authenticalness1631 originality1742 firsthandness1884 first-handedness1890 1890 Proc. 1st Ann. Convent. Coll. Assoc. Middle States & Maryland 29 Professors of education stand..for first-handedness in thought, culture and knowledge. 1905 Daily Chron. 3 May 8/5 It may breed distrust as to the first-handedness of some brilliant toilettes whose origin we could never account for. 1926 M. Baring Daphne Adeane x That first-handedness; that habit..of taking nothing for granted. 1977 J. Holloway Proud Knowl. iii. 56 The glowing first-handedness of Vaughan's encounter. 2009 S. C. Behrendt in E. Stelzig Romantic Autobiogr. in Eng. iii. x. 150 Authenticity has to do with the first-handedness of the account, with the reader's (or listener's) conviction that the author can legitimately base her or his account..on the fact of having been present at the events being described. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1890 |
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