grimnessn.

/ˈɡrɪmnɪs/

Etymology: < grim adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality or condition of being grim; fierceness; sternness; formidable aspect.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > strictness > [noun] > severity or sternness

rethenesseOE

grimness971

hardnessOE

sternhead1297

sharpnessa1325

reddoura1375

fiercetya1382

sternness1382

fiercenessc1384

sturdinessc1384

fellnessc1410

austeritya1425

raddourc1440

austerenessa1450

severity1530

cruelness1537

cruelty1556

severeness1579

tender mercies1611

piquancya1677

Draconianism1819

astringency1823

Draconism1832

hard-handedness1849

starkness1884

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [noun]

rethenesseOE

grimness971

sternhead1297

sharpnessa1325

reddoura1375

sternness1382

fiercenessc1384

sturdinessc1384

duressc1400

fellnessc1410

austeritya1425

harshnessc1480

roughness1530

severity1530

durity1543

ungentleness1548

severeness1579

ruggedness1638

atrocity1641

austereness1646

piquancya1677

Draconianism1819

astringency1823

Draconism1832

starkness1884

society > authority > strictness > [noun] > severity or sternness > of expression

grimness1565

sternness1590

hardness1598

severity1711

grim1845

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [noun] > of aspect or expression

grimness1565

sternness1590

severity1711

grim1845

971 Blickl. Hom. 55 He [the devil] wile hit him mid grimnesse & mid yfele eall forgyldan.

OE Guthlac A 578 Cwædon cearfulle, Criste laðe, to Guðlace mid grimnysse.

c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 341/8 Atrocitas, grimnes.

c1405 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Ellesm. MS.) ⁋790 They shul han..sharpe hunger and thurst and grymnesse [v.r. grislines, grymlynesse] of deueles.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 212/2 Grymnesse, or horrybylnesse.

1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia i. f. 29^v They were not able to abyde the grymnesse of their countenaunces.

1619 Bp. J. King Serm. Publicke Thanks-giuing 26 The grimness of her visage disguised, yet will it be fearefull enough.

1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. ii. 65 That in the grimness of Death they might seem to eat thir own flesh.

a1785 R. Glover Athenaid (1787) III. xxx. 284 Whose ravell'd brow, and countenance of gloom, Present a lion's grimness.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iv. 207 A sardonic grimness lies in that irreverend Reverence of Autun.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	grimness
释义	grimnessn. /ˈɡrɪmnɪs/ Etymology: < grim adj. + -ness suffix. The quality or condition of being grim; fierceness; sternness; formidable aspect. ΘΚΠ society > authority > strictness > [noun] > severity or sternness rethenesseOE grimness971 hardnessOE sternhead1297 sharpnessa1325 reddoura1375 fiercetya1382 sternness1382 fiercenessc1384 sturdinessc1384 fellnessc1410 austeritya1425 raddourc1440 austerenessa1450 severity1530 cruelness1537 cruelty1556 severeness1579 tender mercies1611 piquancya1677 Draconianism1819 astringency1823 Draconism1832 hard-handedness1849 starkness1884 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [noun] rethenesseOE grimness971 sternhead1297 sharpnessa1325 reddoura1375 sternness1382 fiercenessc1384 sturdinessc1384 duressc1400 fellnessc1410 austeritya1425 harshnessc1480 roughness1530 severity1530 durity1543 ungentleness1548 severeness1579 ruggedness1638 atrocity1641 austereness1646 piquancya1677 Draconianism1819 astringency1823 Draconism1832 starkness1884 society > authority > strictness > [noun] > severity or sternness > of expression grimness1565 sternness1590 hardness1598 severity1711 grim1845 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [noun] > of aspect or expression grimness1565 sternness1590 severity1711 grim1845 971 Blickl. Hom. 55 He [the devil] wile hit him mid grimnesse & mid yfele eall forgyldan. OE Guthlac A 578 Cwædon cearfulle, Criste laðe, to Guðlace mid grimnysse. c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 341/8 Atrocitas, grimnes. c1405 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Ellesm. MS.) ⁋790 They shul han..sharpe hunger and thurst and grymnesse [v.r. grislines, grymlynesse] of deueles. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 212/2 Grymnesse, or horrybylnesse. 1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia i. f. 29^v They were not able to abyde the grymnesse of their countenaunces. 1619 Bp. J. King Serm. Publicke Thanks-giuing 26 The grimness of her visage disguised, yet will it be fearefull enough. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. ii. 65 That in the grimness of Death they might seem to eat thir own flesh. a1785 R. Glover Athenaid (1787) III. xxx. 284 Whose ravell'd brow, and countenance of gloom, Present a lion's grimness. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iv. 207 A sardonic grimness lies in that irreverend Reverence of Autun. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.971
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