freshnessn.
/ˈfrɛʃnəs/, U.S. /ˈfrɛʃnəs/ 1.
a. The quality or condition of being fresh (in various senses); newness; vitality; originality.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > [noun]
freshnessa1398
sweetnessc1400
purity?1440
pureness1528
mereness1648
sterility1877
drivenness1894
the world > matter > liquid > water > [noun] > fresh > quality of
freshnessa1398
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > recency > [noun]
freshnessa1398
lateness1566
recency1620
recentity1631
recentness1647
lateliness1693
the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > freshness or vigour
frikenessc1440
dewiness1638
floridness1661
flush1735
freshness1768
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [noun] > newness, freshness, or originality
noveltya1398
greenness1544
nap1591
verd1603
virginity1639
originalness1727
originality1782
freshness1807
verdurousness1856
unhackneyedness1884
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xiii. xxi. 667 Fresshe watres riseþ vpward for fresshenesse and..liȝtnes, and salt water falleþ dounward for his heuynesse.
c1450 (c1400) Cuckoo & Nightingale (Fairf.) (1898) l. 155 For therof truly cometh al goodnesse..Jolite, plesaunce and freshenesse.
?1495 J. Lydgate St. Petronilla (Pynson) l. 138 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 158 Clad all in floures of spirituall freshnesse.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lv. 184 Ye fresshenes of his aparyll.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §824 The Kite affecteth not so much the Grossenesse of the Aire as the Cold and Freshnesse thereof.
1693 R. Boyle in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 628 My way of examining the Freshness and Saltness of Waters.
1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 425. ¶1 That I might enjoy the Freshness of the Evening in my Garden.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 178 The mind runs after it with..much freshness and eagerness.
1807 W. Wordsworth Ode in Poems II. 147 The glory and the freshness of a dream. View more context for this quotation
1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. v. 164 The impression..had already lost much of its freshness.
1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise 13 The freshness of the open sea Seemed ease and joy and very life to me.
1971 Irish Times 4 Mar. 6 Magic formulas which promise to restore the dewy freshness of youth to your skin.
1990 J. Meyers D.H. Lawrence xv. 273 Lawrence had been given a copy of Skinner's book..was impressed by its originality and freshness.
2004 Sunday Life (Belfast) (Nexis) 7 Mar. The best way to retain freshness and flavour is to store tea in a sealed canister.
b. Originally U.S. Forwardness, impertinence, rudeness. Cf. fresh adj. 8.
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the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > pertness or brashness
sauciness1534
pertness1573
puppyism1776
sauce1786
puppyhood1849
puppydom1855
puppyishness1879
freshness1880
brashness1883
whipper-snapping1925
1880 Oil City (Pa.) Derrick 12 July If that Centre street clerk continues his brazen-faced doings it will be necessary to expose him. His freshness is fearful to contemplate.
1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant 160 The mob began to take its revenge—for the discomfort..it had brought upon itself by its own too rash freshness.
1901 Munsey's Mag. Mar. 791/1 He had once heartily ‘larruped’ a new hand who had exhibited an unpleasing ‘freshness’ when speaking of her.
1928 J. C. Lincoln Silas Bradford's Boy 13 The captain's dignity was slightly ruffled by what he considered freshness on the part of his nephew.
2016 @dmathanas 29 Nov. in twitter.com (accessed 14 Feb. 2020) So far today has been filled with whining, rudeness, grouchiness, stubbornness, and freshness. Where's the chocolate & coffee... #momlife.
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1817 J. Keats Poems 5 Where the hurrying freshnesses aye preach A natural sermon o'er their pebbly beds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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