lonelinessn.

Brit.

/ˈləʊnlɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈloʊnlinᵻs/

Etymology: < lonely adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality or condition of being lonely.

1. Want of society or company; the condition of being alone or solitary; solitariness, loneness.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [noun]

onenessOE

alangenessc1330

solitudec1374

alonenessc1384

solenessc1449

solitarinessa1533

solitarnessa1578

lonelinessa1586

lonedom1612

lonesomeness1702

solitarity1811

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xii. sig. H1^v That huge and sportfull assemblie grewe to him a tedious lonelinesse, esteeming no bodie founde, since Daiphantus was lost.

1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 7 It is not good for man to be alone..: lonelines is the first thing which Gods eye nam'd not good.

1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. viii. 10 That man of loneliness and mystery.

1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner i. 3 The eccentric habits which belong to a state of loneliness.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §3. 368 The loneliness of her [Elizabeth's] position only reflected the loneliness of her nature.

a. Uninhabited or unfrequented condition or character (of a place); desolateness.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [noun] > desolate place > desolateness

loneliness1748

lonelihood1830

1748 J. Hervey Medit. among Tombs in Medit. & Contempl. (ed. 4) I. 3 The deep Silence added to the gloomy Aspect, and both heightened by the Loneliness of the Place; greatly increased the Solemnity of the Scene.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ii. 11 The loneliness of the place was very impressive.

1900 J. Watson in Expositor Sept. 181 The unrelieved loneliness of mid-ocean.

b. A lonely spot.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1819 P. B. Shelley Rosalind & Helen 54 In the bowers of mossy lonelinesses.

3. The feeling of being alone; the sense of solitude; dejection arising from want of companionship or society.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > caused by solitude

loneliness1814

lonelihood1830

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [noun] > feeling of loneliness

loneliness1814

lonelihood1830

1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion vii. 328 He grew up From year to year in loneliness of soul.

1863 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Bk. Gen. (xxv. 1–6) 406 His loneliness on the death of Sarah may have prompted him to seek a companion of his old age.

1876 A. D. Whitney Sights & Insights II. xxx. 581 My own secret aches and lonelinesses.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	loneliness
释义	lonelinessn. Brit. /ˈləʊnlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈloʊnlinᵻs/ Etymology: < lonely adj. + -ness suffix. The quality or condition of being lonely. 1. Want of society or company; the condition of being alone or solitary; solitariness, loneness. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [noun] onenessOE alangenessc1330 solitudec1374 alonenessc1384 solenessc1449 solitarinessa1533 solitarnessa1578 lonelinessa1586 lonedom1612 lonesomeness1702 solitarity1811 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xii. sig. H1^v That huge and sportfull assemblie grewe to him a tedious lonelinesse, esteeming no bodie founde, since Daiphantus was lost. 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 7 It is not good for man to be alone..: lonelines is the first thing which Gods eye nam'd not good. 1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. viii. 10 That man of loneliness and mystery. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner i. 3 The eccentric habits which belong to a state of loneliness. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §3. 368 The loneliness of her [Elizabeth's] position only reflected the loneliness of her nature. 2. a. Uninhabited or unfrequented condition or character (of a place); desolateness. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [noun] > desolate place > desolateness loneliness1748 lonelihood1830 1748 J. Hervey Medit. among Tombs in Medit. & Contempl. (ed. 4) I. 3 The deep Silence added to the gloomy Aspect, and both heightened by the Loneliness of the Place; greatly increased the Solemnity of the Scene. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ii. 11 The loneliness of the place was very impressive. 1900 J. Watson in Expositor Sept. 181 The unrelieved loneliness of mid-ocean. b. A lonely spot.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1819 P. B. Shelley Rosalind & Helen 54 In the bowers of mossy lonelinesses. 3. The feeling of being alone; the sense of solitude; dejection arising from want of companionship or society. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > caused by solitude loneliness1814 lonelihood1830 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [noun] > feeling of loneliness loneliness1814 lonelihood1830 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion vii. 328 He grew up From year to year in loneliness of soul. View more context for this quotation 1863 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Bk. Gen. (xxv. 1–6) 406 His loneliness on the death of Sarah may have prompted him to seek a companion of his old age. 1876 A. D. Whitney Sights & Insights II. xxx. 581 My own secret aches and lonelinesses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1586
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