knavishnessn.

Brit.

/ˈneɪvᵻʃnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈneɪvᵻʃnᵻs/

Forms: see knavish adj. and -ness suffix.

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

Etymology: < knavish adj. + -ness suffix. Compare knavery n.

Now somewhat archaic.

The condition of being knavish; knavish conduct or behaviour; = knavery n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > quality of

swikeldoma1250

swikelhedea1250

falsehood1297

deceit1303

falsenessc1330

fraud?a1400

dolosity1401

guilefulnessa1425

feignedness1435

deceitfulness1509

deceivableness1526

knavishness1528

braidienessa1600

fallacy1641

trickiness1723

trickishness1788

deceptiveness1837

snakiness1842

sophistic1868

snakishness1901

1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. e iiij Ruffian wretches and rascall Lodesmen of all knavisshnes.

c1530 A. Barclay Egloges iii. sig. Piij ^v If thou haue one with knauysshnes infect Than all the other shall folowe the same sect.

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice i. 38 Least they [sic] mare either in her wooing, or out of her toying knauishnes, should giue him [sc. a horse] such a blowe.

1699 T. Cockman in tr. Cicero Offices i. v. 18 (note) Knavishness and Roguery being always the greatest Folly.

1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) Knavishness, nequitia, scelus.

1816 J. E. White Lett. on Eng. I. iv. 36 With a knavishness that is too general, no class of the community are more civil and obliging than the shop-keepers.

1889 D. G. Thompson Social Progress ii. xiii. 131 Opposition to free expression of opinion in a public way must proceed either from knavishness or foolishness.

1916 A. C. Benson Fr. Payne xxxv. 191 A sense of humour..helps you to distinguish real knavishness from childish faults.

2004 E. J. Goehring Three Modes Perception in Mozart ii. 61 It might therefore be an act of critical knavishness to look for something more disturbing behind these characters.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	knavishness
释义	knavishnessn. Brit. /ˈneɪvᵻʃnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈneɪvᵻʃnᵻs/ Forms: see knavish adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: knavish adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < knavish adj. + -ness suffix. Compare knavery n. Now somewhat archaic. The condition of being knavish; knavish conduct or behaviour; = knavery n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > quality of swikeldoma1250 swikelhedea1250 falsehood1297 deceit1303 falsenessc1330 fraud?a1400 dolosity1401 guilefulnessa1425 feignedness1435 deceitfulness1509 deceivableness1526 knavishness1528 braidienessa1600 fallacy1641 trickiness1723 trickishness1788 deceptiveness1837 snakiness1842 sophistic1868 snakishness1901 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. e iiij Ruffian wretches and rascall Lodesmen of all knavisshnes. c1530 A. Barclay Egloges iii. sig. Piij ^v If thou haue one with knauysshnes infect Than all the other shall folowe the same sect. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice i. 38 Least they [sic] mare either in her wooing, or out of her toying knauishnes, should giue him [sc. a horse] such a blowe. 1699 T. Cockman in tr. Cicero Offices i. v. 18 (note) Knavishness and Roguery being always the greatest Folly. 1783 Ainsworth's Thes. Linguæ Latinæ (new ed.) Knavishness, nequitia, scelus. 1816 J. E. White Lett. on Eng. I. iv. 36 With a knavishness that is too general, no class of the community are more civil and obliging than the shop-keepers. 1889 D. G. Thompson Social Progress ii. xiii. 131 Opposition to free expression of opinion in a public way must proceed either from knavishness or foolishness. 1916 A. C. Benson Fr. Payne xxxv. 191 A sense of humour..helps you to distinguish real knavishness from childish faults. 2004 E. J. Goehring Three Modes Perception in Mozart ii. 61 It might therefore be an act of critical knavishness to look for something more disturbing behind these characters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1528
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