单词 | likingness |
释义 | likingnessn.ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] drawingc1300 favourc1300 gracea1382 graciousnessa1425 likingnessc1450 allurement1548 allurance1574 seemliness1577 gracefulnessa1586 blandishment1594 attractiveness1622 takingness1652 engagingness1727 winningness1727 temptingness1802 cuteness1807 attachingness1808 winsomeness1825 beaux yeux1828 prepossessingness1876 enchantingness1879 aegyo1997 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. ΚΠ 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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