hard and fastnessn.
/ˌhɑːd (ə)n(d) ˈfɑːs(t)nəs/, /ˌhɑːd (ə)n(d) ˈfas(t)nəs/, U.S. /ˌhɑrd ən ˈfæs(t)nəs/ The quality or condition of being rigidly laid down or prescribed; inflexibility; fixedness. Cf. hard and fast adj. 1.
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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [noun]
stablenessa1300
tack1412
steadfastnessc1450
surenessc1450
stability1470
radicationa1500
constance1509
steadiness1530
certitudea1533
firmance1533
staidness1556
establishment1561
settledness1571
settling1582
state1597
groundedness1601
inviscerationa1631
setness1642
unmalleableness1644
fixedness1647
poise1649
inveteracy1716
well-foundedness1735
fixity1791
unmalleability1828
deep-rootedness1860
instatement1877
steady state1885
hard and fastness1897
1897 Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. Mar. 56/1 The ‘hard-and-fastness’ of some of the definitions in classification of surgical fevers will challenge decided criticism.
1936 Columbia Law Rev. 36 1015 The black-letter principles, despite their hard-and-fastness, seem to have..a direct application to practical affairs.
1950 Kenyon Rev. 12 144 The hard-and-fastness of the distinction..seems to me about the most limiting thing in his criticism.
2004 WoW Insider (Nexis) 2 Jan. The hard and fastness of this rule varies a bit between specs and playstyles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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