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单词 likingness
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likingnessn.

Brit. /ˈlʌɪkɪŋnəs/, U.S. /ˈlaɪkɪŋnəs/
Forms: late Middle English likingnes, 1800s– likingness.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: liking adj.1, -ness suffix.
Etymology: < liking adj.1 + -ness suffix.
1. Attractiveness. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun]
drawingc1300
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gracea1382
graciousnessa1425
likingnessc1450
allurement1548
allurance1574
seemliness1577
gracefulnessa1586
blandishment1594
attractiveness1622
takingness1652
engagingness1727
winningness1727
temptingness1802
cuteness1807
attachingness1808
winsomeness1825
beaux yeux1828
prepossessingness1876
enchantingness1879
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c1450 in F. J. Furnivall Hymns to Virgin & Christ (1867) 93 Þis feisaunt hen is likingnes, And euere folewiþ hir þese ȝonge men.
2. The condition or quality of liking; attraction towards or affinity with a person or thing, or between two things. Somewhat rare.
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1851 J. J. G. Wilkinson Human Body App. 487 At the points where they [sc. the various sciences] unite, they must of course fit..; in other words, there must be a likeness or likingness between them.
1918 C. F. Thwing College Gateway 64 Hundreds are living in the same atmosphere, doing the same work, moved by the same general aims. Likeness promotes likingness.
1957 Educ. & Psychol. Measurem. 16 147 Various writers have been concerned with the relation between peer ratings and ‘popularity’ or ‘likingness’, i.e., the extent to which peer ratings are influenced by personal attractiveness to the rater of the person being rated.
1988 Jrnl. Personality & Social Psychol. 54 560/1 The sentence Ted likes Paul points to Paul's likability rather than Ted's likingness as the implicit cause of behavior.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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