lessernessn.

Brit.

/ˈlɛsənᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈlɛsərnᵻs/

Forms: see lesser adj., adv., and n. and -ness suffix.

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

Etymology: < lesser adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier lessness n. Compare also greaterness n. at greater adj., adv., and n. Derivatives.

The fact or condition of being lesser.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [noun]

poornessa1382

povertya1387

bada1425

lessness?a1425

worsenessa1425

nethertyc1443

minority1533

badness1539

lesserness1540

evilness1547

meanness1556

punyship1581

inferiority1599

under1600

worserness1602

inferiorness1674

deteriority1692

baddishness1824

shoddiness1886

crumbiness1949

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > lowness or subordination

wokenessc1000

lesserness1540

accessoriness1681

secondariness1687

1540 T. Wyatt Let. to Henry VIII 3 Feb. in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VIII. v. 241 In the originall it hathe no suche relation to lessernes or gretternes of parsones.

1855 H. H. Wilson Gloss. Judicial & Revenue Terms India 134/2 Dhákaṭá or Dhákuṭá-paṇa.., inferiority in stature, age, &c., lesserness.

1885 B. W. Richardson in Asclepiad 2 137 Their greatness, compared with his, lay, if I may so express it, in its lesserness.

1949 M. Mead Male & Female iii. 76 Rituals in which men dress as women, caricaturing their lesserness.

2009 Vanity Fair Oct. 153/2 In a sense, the Grahams are managing, and financing, their own transformation into lesserness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lesserness
释义	lessernessn. Brit. /ˈlɛsənᵻs/, U.S. /ˈlɛsərnᵻs/ Forms: see lesser adj., adv., and n. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lesser adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < lesser adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier lessness n. Compare also greaterness n. at greater adj., adv., and n. Derivatives. The fact or condition of being lesser. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [noun] poornessa1382 povertya1387 bada1425 lessness?a1425 worsenessa1425 nethertyc1443 minority1533 badness1539 lesserness1540 evilness1547 meanness1556 punyship1581 inferiority1599 under1600 worserness1602 inferiorness1674 deteriority1692 baddishness1824 shoddiness1886 crumbiness1949 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > lowness or subordination wokenessc1000 lesserness1540 accessoriness1681 secondariness1687 1540 T. Wyatt Let. to Henry VIII 3 Feb. in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VIII. v. 241 In the originall it hathe no suche relation to lessernes or gretternes of parsones. 1855 H. H. Wilson Gloss. Judicial & Revenue Terms India 134/2 Dhákaṭá or Dhákuṭá-paṇa.., inferiority in stature, age, &c., lesserness. 1885 B. W. Richardson in Asclepiad 2 137 Their greatness, compared with his, lay, if I may so express it, in its lesserness. 1949 M. Mead Male & Female iii. 76 Rituals in which men dress as women, caricaturing their lesserness. 2009 Vanity Fair Oct. 153/2 In a sense, the Grahams are managing, and financing, their own transformation into lesserness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1540
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