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单词 ironness
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ironnessn.

Brit. /ˈʌɪənnəs/, U.S. /ˈaɪ(ə)r(n)nəs/
Forms: see iron n.1 and -ness suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: iron adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < iron adj. + -ness suffix.
1. Perhaps: the fact of being clad in armour. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [noun] > fact or condition of being clad in
ironnessa1400
furniture1569
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7544 Qua-sa fightes in wrangwisnes, Him helpes noght his Irinnes.
2. Iron character, quality, or nature; strength, steeliness.
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the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [noun] > robustness
hardishipa1250
stalworthnessa1340
stalworthinessa1387
pithc1395
hardinessc1405
robustness?1533
valiantness1553
validity1578
robustiousness1600
robustuousness1648
robusticness1676
robusticity1777
hardihood1780
ironness1803
induration1827
robustihood1834
stalwartness1859
1727 R. Greene Princ. Philos. Expansive & Contractive Forces v. ix. 705 Nor, because the Schools have Formed but a Few Abstract Names of Substances..does it Follow, that a Thousand more might not have been as Justly Adopted into Language, as Aureity, Ferreity, Lapideity, or Goldness, Ironness, Stoneness, &c.
1803 H. Swinburne Let. 25 Mar. in Courts Europe Close of Last Cent. (1841) II. 375 An ironness of constitution hammered when red-hot by adversity.
1899 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 15 June 1/5 It was strength and ironness of purpose which gave Rome her high position.
1907 Outlook 11 May 616/2 There is something more in character than wealth... It is fibre, moral and physical, ironness if you will.
1996 S. Holmes in M. Mandelbaum Postcommunism i. 51 The effectiveness of the state, after all, does not depend on the trouble it causes its neighbors or the ironness of its fist.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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