impuissancen.

/ɪmˈpjuːɪsəns/

Etymology: < French impuissance (1361 in Littré): see im- prefix² and puissance n. (By the Brownings stressed impuˈissance.)

1. Impotence, powerlessness, weakness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun] > utter inability or powerlessness

unmightinessOE

non-powera1387

unpowerc1400

impotencea1420

palsya1450

impossibilityc1450

impotencyc1460

impuissance1483

impotentness1530

powerlessness1650

enervity1656

paralysis1809

nervelessness1857

society > authority > lack of power > [noun]

un-i-waldeOE

impotencea1420

debility1525

unpowerfulness1625

impuissance1645

imprevalencea1656

imprevalencya1656

impuissancy1701

weakness1838

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. 1/2 In tyme whan man was vaynquysshed of ygnoraunce & impuissaunce.

1602 S. Patrick tr. I. Gentillet Disc. Wel Governing 26 An impuissance to conserve himself.

1645 City Alarum 9 We have always hoodwinkt our selves with conceits of the kings impuissance till it came to tryal.

1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. xvi. 74 He lay under an impuissance..of advancing above a line and an half in the compass of a whole summer's day.

1855 R. Browning Saul xviii Why is it I dare Think but lightly of such impuissance?

1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh ix. 385 I felt myself So safe in impuissance and despair, I could not hurt you.

1884 R. Browning Cherries in Ferishtah's Fancies Never too much of faith In impuissance, man's.

†2. Want of self-control; cf. impotence n. 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > impetuosity > [noun] > lack of self-control

impuissance1667

uncontrol1861

1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 95 When the light of reason is under a Bushel of passion; and impuissance is regent in the soul.

Derivatives

† imˈpuissancy n. [see -ancy suffix] Obsolete rare

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of power > [noun]

un-i-waldeOE

impotencea1420

debility1525

unpowerfulness1625

impuissance1645

imprevalencea1656

imprevalencya1656

impuissancy1701

weakness1838

1701 T. Beverley Grand Apoc. Question 39 An Image of Supremacy; and yet Impuissancy.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	impuissance
释义	impuissancen. /ɪmˈpjuːɪsəns/ Etymology: < French impuissance (1361 in Littré): see im- prefix² and puissance n. (By the Brownings stressed impuˈissance.) 1. Impotence, powerlessness, weakness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun] > utter inability or powerlessness unmightinessOE non-powera1387 unpowerc1400 impotencea1420 palsya1450 impossibilityc1450 impotencyc1460 impuissance1483 impotentness1530 powerlessness1650 enervity1656 paralysis1809 nervelessness1857 society > authority > lack of power > [noun] un-i-waldeOE impotencea1420 debility1525 unpowerfulness1625 impuissance1645 imprevalencea1656 imprevalencya1656 impuissancy1701 weakness1838 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. 1/2 In tyme whan man was vaynquysshed of ygnoraunce & impuissaunce. 1602 S. Patrick tr. I. Gentillet Disc. Wel Governing 26 An impuissance to conserve himself. 1645 City Alarum 9 We have always hoodwinkt our selves with conceits of the kings impuissance till it came to tryal. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. xvi. 74 He lay under an impuissance..of advancing above a line and an half in the compass of a whole summer's day. 1855 R. Browning Saul xviii Why is it I dare Think but lightly of such impuissance? 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh ix. 385 I felt myself So safe in impuissance and despair, I could not hurt you. 1884 R. Browning Cherries in Ferishtah's Fancies Never too much of faith In impuissance, man's. †2. Want of self-control; cf. impotence n. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > impetuosity > [noun] > lack of self-control impuissance1667 uncontrol1861 1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 95 When the light of reason is under a Bushel of passion; and impuissance is regent in the soul. Derivatives † imˈpuissancy n. [see -ancy suffix] Obsolete rare ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of power > [noun] un-i-waldeOE impotencea1420 debility1525 unpowerfulness1625 impuissance1645 imprevalencea1656 imprevalencya1656 impuissancy1701 weakness1838 1701 T. Beverley Grand Apoc. Question 39 An Image of Supremacy; and yet Impuissancy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1483
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