icinessn.

Brit.

/ˈʌɪsɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈaɪsinᵻs/

Forms: 1500s icinesse, 1500s–1600s ycinesse, 1600s icynesse, 1600s– iciness.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: icy adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < icy adj. + -ness suffix.

1. Coldness of feeling, demeanour, etc.; unfriendliness, hostility. Cf. icy adj. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > coldness or lack of warm feeling

coldOE

coldness1557

iciness1579

frost1600

frostiness1629

frigiditya1631

nun's flesh1637

chillness1639

froideur1645

chilliness1817

touch-me-not-ishness1836

chill1837

cold-heartedness1850

1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune i. xxvii. 36 A colde ycinesse of sorowe and repentaunce.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. i. f. 244 Her owne beautifull beames thawe away the former icinesse of her behauiour.

1615 W. Mure Misc. Poems viii. 43 Lat beuties beames then thau away..The ycinesse of loues delay.

a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) vii. vii. 344 Love..enough to thaw all the iciness of mens hearts which Self-love had quite frozen up.

a1778 A. M. Toplady Posthumous Wks. (1780) 38 Whence must Fire descend, to thaw the Iciness of the Heart, but from Heaven?

1848 A. Brontë Tenant of Wildfell Hall III. i. 25 His conduct towards me..was..sufficiently distant without haughtiness, or..stiffness or iciness of demeanour.

1883 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 238 A most distressing and depressing iciness of tone and manner.

1968 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 55 665 His iciness has always figured in historical accounts of his failure in the 1916 election, but hauteur does not do justice to the qualities that foredoomed him.

1995 S. Reid Presenting Cynthia Voigt 18 In striking contrast to the iciness of Mr. Thiel, Enoch welcomes Jean, engaging her in lively conversational games.

2. The state or condition of being icy or covered with ice. Also: extreme coldness.

ΚΠ

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Gelidity, (lat.) icynesse, coldnesse.

1780 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. I Iciness, the state of generating ice.

1844 Punch 1 Jan. The months shall circle round you to such joyous measures, that you will scarcely miss the flowers of Spring, or feel the iciness of Winter.

1888 Science 14 Dec. 299/2 With the mercury almost down to freezing-point and an atmosphere of moist iciness, the body becomes benumbed.

1918 A. F. Johnston Georgina’s Service Stars xxv. 291 The open wood fires make little impression on the general iciness of the house.

1987 H. R. Cooper in H. R. Moskowitz Food Texture ix. 238 Time-intensity methods were used to study textural properties of coldness, iciness, viscosity, and melting [of ice cream].

2004 Where Weather meets Road (National Res. Council (U.S.)) iv. 105 Sensors in the vehicle that identify poor road conditions (e.g., iciness).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	iciness
释义	icinessn. Brit. /ˈʌɪsɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈaɪsinᵻs/ Forms: 1500s icinesse, 1500s–1600s ycinesse, 1600s icynesse, 1600s– iciness. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: icy adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < icy adj. + -ness suffix. 1. Coldness of feeling, demeanour, etc.; unfriendliness, hostility. Cf. icy adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > coldness or lack of warm feeling coldOE coldness1557 iciness1579 frost1600 frostiness1629 frigiditya1631 nun's flesh1637 chillness1639 froideur1645 chilliness1817 touch-me-not-ishness1836 chill1837 cold-heartedness1850 1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune i. xxvii. 36 A colde ycinesse of sorowe and repentaunce. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. i. f. 244 Her owne beautifull beames thawe away the former icinesse of her behauiour. 1615 W. Mure Misc. Poems viii. 43 Lat beuties beames then thau away..The ycinesse of loues delay. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) vii. vii. 344 Love..enough to thaw all the iciness of mens hearts which Self-love had quite frozen up. a1778 A. M. Toplady Posthumous Wks. (1780) 38 Whence must Fire descend, to thaw the Iciness of the Heart, but from Heaven? 1848 A. Brontë Tenant of Wildfell Hall III. i. 25 His conduct towards me..was..sufficiently distant without haughtiness, or..stiffness or iciness of demeanour. 1883 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 238 A most distressing and depressing iciness of tone and manner. 1968 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 55 665 His iciness has always figured in historical accounts of his failure in the 1916 election, but hauteur does not do justice to the qualities that foredoomed him. 1995 S. Reid Presenting Cynthia Voigt 18 In striking contrast to the iciness of Mr. Thiel, Enoch welcomes Jean, engaging her in lively conversational games. 2. The state or condition of being icy or covered with ice. Also: extreme coldness. ΚΠ 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Gelidity, (lat.) icynesse, coldnesse. 1780 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. I Iciness, the state of generating ice. 1844 Punch 1 Jan. The months shall circle round you to such joyous measures, that you will scarcely miss the flowers of Spring, or feel the iciness of Winter. 1888 Science 14 Dec. 299/2 With the mercury almost down to freezing-point and an atmosphere of moist iciness, the body becomes benumbed. 1918 A. F. Johnston Georgina’s Service Stars xxv. 291 The open wood fires make little impression on the general iciness of the house. 1987 H. R. Cooper in H. R. Moskowitz Food Texture ix. 238 Time-intensity methods were used to study textural properties of coldness, iciness, viscosity, and melting [of ice cream]. 2004 Where Weather meets Road (National Res. Council (U.S.)) iv. 105 Sensors in the vehicle that identify poor road conditions (e.g., iciness). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1579
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