localnessn.

Brit.

/ˈləʊklnəs/, U.S.

/ˈloʊkəlnəs/

Forms: see local adj. and n. and -ness suffix.

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

Etymology: < local adj. + -ness suffix.

rare before mid 19th cent.

The quality, condition, or fact of being local.

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1600 R. S. tr. P. de Mornay Fowre Bks. iv. ix. 474 Neither the localnesse [Fr. localité] and circumscription of place which go inseperablie and naturally with a true and naturall bodie, such as is the bodie of our Lord: that as a temporall thing cannot bee at diuers times together, no more can a locall thing be in diuers places together.

1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Locality, Localness, the being of a thing in a place.

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxxv. 172 A comfortable localness of feeling, such as pertains to a bed.

1873 Entomologist Oct. 518 The extreme localness of this species is very remarkable.

1920 E. P. Oppenheim Devil's Paw xiv. 194 We needed..a leader who could lift us up above the localness, the narrow visions of these men.

1968 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Feb. 141/3 The plot, with its clever ending, works well,..and on the localness of his district, Mr. Sutherland is impressive.

2007 Sunday Times (Nexis) 18 Mar. 10 Tapas never travels well; it's the one cuisine in which the localness of the produce truly matters.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	localness
释义	localnessn. Brit. /ˈləʊklnəs/, U.S. /ˈloʊkəlnəs/ Forms: see local adj. and n. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: local adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < local adj. + -ness suffix. rare before mid 19th cent. The quality, condition, or fact of being local. ΚΠ 1600 R. S. tr. P. de Mornay Fowre Bks. iv. ix. 474 Neither the localnesse [Fr. localité] and circumscription of place which go inseperablie and naturally with a true and naturall bodie, such as is the bodie of our Lord: that as a temporall thing cannot bee at diuers times together, no more can a locall thing be in diuers places together. 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Locality, Localness, the being of a thing in a place. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxxv. 172 A comfortable localness of feeling, such as pertains to a bed. 1873 Entomologist Oct. 518 The extreme localness of this species is very remarkable. 1920 E. P. Oppenheim Devil's Paw xiv. 194 We needed..a leader who could lift us up above the localness, the narrow visions of these men. 1968 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Feb. 141/3 The plot, with its clever ending, works well,..and on the localness of his district, Mr. Sutherland is impressive. 2007 Sunday Times (Nexis) 18 Mar. 10 Tapas never travels well; it's the one cuisine in which the localness of the produce truly matters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1600
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