gracilityn.

Brit.

/ɡraˈsɪlᵻti/,

/ɡrəˈsɪlᵻti/, U.S.

/ɡræˈsɪlədi/,

/ɡrəˈsɪlədi/

Forms: 1600s gracilitie, 1600s– gracility.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin gracilitāt-, gracilitās.

Etymology: < classical Latin gracilitāt-, gracilitās slenderness, thinness, plainness of style, elegant simplicity < gracilis gracile adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare French gracilité (a1365 in Middle French as gracilleté), Spanish gracilidad (first half of the 16th cent.).Compare the following earlier use of the form gracilitie in the meaning ‘graciousness’ (perhaps modelled on fidelity n. in the preceding line): 1570 ‘R. W.’ Recantation of Famous Pasquin of Rome sig. B.ii For thy superstition doth still defend vs..From..Faith and fidelitie, Grace and gracilitie, Loue and charitie, [etc.].

1. The state or character of being gracile; slenderness, leanness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > slenderness > [noun]

fineness?1537

slendernessa1538

finesse1551

tenuity1578

gracility1623

gracileness1727

exility1750

attenuity1830

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > state of having

smallnessa1387

gentilessec1405

slendernessa1538

gracility1623

slimness1727

slightness1788

jimpness1885

petiteness1887

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Gracilitie, leannesse.

1680 W. Charleton Enq. Human Nature iii. 133 Hence then we come to understand the reason, both of the gracility, and of the length of the Gutts.

1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 53 By the dryness we describe the gracility or hardness; and by the humidity the plumpness or obesity of the habit of the Body.

1774 E. Long Hist. Jamaica III. viii. 395 The smallest [species of humming bird] is much admired for the gracility of its frame.

1833 W. Hamilton in Edinb. Rev. Apr. 199 It [sc. a book] was accordingly subjected to a process of extenuation, out of which it emerged reduced to a little more than a third of its original gracility.

1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. ix. 599 As the niches became..narrower, the Saints..shrunk to meagre gracility.

1928 Biometrika 20B 56 The Indices of Gracility and Slenderness are also negative.

1974 New Scientist 7 Nov. 382/2 What is more, the Taung skull is that of a child, so its relative gracility could possibly be put down to immaturity.

2003 Calgary Herald (Nexis) 17 May (Observer) 8 He doesn't buy the ‘gracility’ argument—that shrinking brains stem simply from shrinking bodies and thinning bones.

2. figurative. Unornamented simplicity of literary style, musical composition, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [noun]

outspeakingc1450

plainness1465

simplicity?a1475

homeliness1576

parrhesia1577

planiloquy1658

plain speaking?c1663

nakedness1711

incomplexity1778

outspokennessa1786

plain-spokenness1840

gracility1900

1900 T. W. Wratislaw A. C. Swinburne 146 The dexterous verses To a Cat are in a lighter tune than usual, recalling the gracility of Hugo.

1943 J. T. Shipley Dict. World Lit. 97/1 The rigid pattern of 22 syllables was used for the concentration and swift communication of emotion. The form is distinguished by gracility, but tends to be precious.

1979 P. Theroux in Sunrise with Seamonsters 212 His stories are more eerie than Dickens's..and though lacking the narrative gracility of his namesake Henry's, are much scarier.

2000 Jazz Times Nov. 88/3 Capturing the gracility, ebullience and heat of Piazzolla's music, Libertango is a potent, if not perfect homage.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gracility
释义	gracilityn. Brit. /ɡraˈsɪlᵻti/, /ɡrəˈsɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ɡræˈsɪlədi/, /ɡrəˈsɪlədi/ Forms: 1600s gracilitie, 1600s– gracility. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin gracilitāt-, gracilitās. Etymology: < classical Latin gracilitāt-, gracilitās slenderness, thinness, plainness of style, elegant simplicity < gracilis gracile adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare French gracilité (a1365 in Middle French as gracilleté), Spanish gracilidad (first half of the 16th cent.).Compare the following earlier use of the form gracilitie in the meaning ‘graciousness’ (perhaps modelled on fidelity n. in the preceding line): 1570 ‘R. W.’ Recantation of Famous Pasquin of Rome sig. B.ii For thy superstition doth still defend vs..From..Faith and fidelitie, Grace and gracilitie, Loue and charitie, [etc.]. 1. The state or character of being gracile; slenderness, leanness. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > slenderness > [noun] fineness?1537 slendernessa1538 finesse1551 tenuity1578 gracility1623 gracileness1727 exility1750 attenuity1830 the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > state of having smallnessa1387 gentilessec1405 slendernessa1538 gracility1623 slimness1727 slightness1788 jimpness1885 petiteness1887 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Gracilitie, leannesse. 1680 W. Charleton Enq. Human Nature iii. 133 Hence then we come to understand the reason, both of the gracility, and of the length of the Gutts. 1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 53 By the dryness we describe the gracility or hardness; and by the humidity the plumpness or obesity of the habit of the Body. 1774 E. Long Hist. Jamaica III. viii. 395 The smallest [species of humming bird] is much admired for the gracility of its frame. 1833 W. Hamilton in Edinb. Rev. Apr. 199 It [sc. a book] was accordingly subjected to a process of extenuation, out of which it emerged reduced to a little more than a third of its original gracility. 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. ix. 599 As the niches became..narrower, the Saints..shrunk to meagre gracility. 1928 Biometrika 20B 56 The Indices of Gracility and Slenderness are also negative. 1974 New Scientist 7 Nov. 382/2 What is more, the Taung skull is that of a child, so its relative gracility could possibly be put down to immaturity. 2003 Calgary Herald (Nexis) 17 May (Observer) 8 He doesn't buy the ‘gracility’ argument—that shrinking brains stem simply from shrinking bodies and thinning bones. 2. figurative. Unornamented simplicity of literary style, musical composition, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [noun] outspeakingc1450 plainness1465 simplicity?a1475 homeliness1576 parrhesia1577 planiloquy1658 plain speaking?c1663 nakedness1711 incomplexity1778 outspokennessa1786 plain-spokenness1840 gracility1900 1900 T. W. Wratislaw A. C. Swinburne 146 The dexterous verses To a Cat are in a lighter tune than usual, recalling the gracility of Hugo. 1943 J. T. Shipley Dict. World Lit. 97/1 The rigid pattern of 22 syllables was used for the concentration and swift communication of emotion. The form is distinguished by gracility, but tends to be precious. 1979 P. Theroux in Sunrise with Seamonsters 212 His stories are more eerie than Dickens's..and though lacking the narrative gracility of his namesake Henry's, are much scarier. 2000 Jazz Times Nov. 88/3 Capturing the gracility, ebullience and heat of Piazzolla's music, Libertango is a potent, if not perfect homage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1623
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