macilencyn.

Brit.

/ˈmasᵻl(ə)nsi/, U.S.

/ˈmæsələnsi/

Forms: 1600s macelency, 1600s macilencie, 1600s–1800s macilency.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin macilentia.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin macilentia (see macilence n.): compare -ency suffix. Compare earlier macilence n.

Now rare.

Thinness, leanness. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scantiness or meagreness

scantnessc1386

parcity1509

tenuity1535

scantiness1567

bareness1580

barrenness1587

exiguity1604

leanness1612

meagreness1622

thinness1623

jejuneness1626

macilencya1631

narrowness1647

straitnessa1704

flimsinessa1763

threadbareness1771

poorness1782

skimpiness1879

threadbarity1892

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > thin shape > state of having

leannessa1000

boninessa1398

macilence?a1425

meagreness?a1425

macies?a1450

meagrec1450

povertya1475

bareness1552

extenuation1576

poorness1577

gauntness1607

lankness1611

macilencya1631

spareness1648

emaceration1656

emaciation1662

skinniness1688

angularity1822

thinness1827

pinchedness1857

scrawniness1863

scragginess1865

wizenedness1887

a1631 J. Donne 50 Serm. (1649) i. 3 A Consumption hath attenuated me to a feeble macilency and leannesse.

1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 6) 129 These effects [sc. of intemperance] are,..2. Macilencie of grace.

1799 C. Crowther in T. Beddoes Contrib. Physical & Med. Knowl. 350 From a state of extreme macilency [she] became obese.

1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 12 525 On recollecting the macilency of the Parisians, he justly inferred, that double the number of French people might inhabit London..without inconvenience.

1878 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1892) V. cvi. 97 These effects are..2. Macilency of grace; for as it puts fatness into their bodies, so leanness into their souls.

2001 www.costumes.org 14 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) Bob Weinstein in Breaking Into Modeling: A Guide For Beginners (1983) tried to rationalize this irrational standardization into a tall skeletal macilency, by insisting that all international runway models needed to be able to fit in one another's clothes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	macilency
释义	macilencyn. Brit. /ˈmasᵻl(ə)nsi/, U.S. /ˈmæsələnsi/ Forms: 1600s macelency, 1600s macilencie, 1600s–1800s macilency. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin macilentia. Etymology: < post-classical Latin macilentia (see macilence n.): compare -ency suffix. Compare earlier macilence n. Now rare. Thinness, leanness. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scantiness or meagreness scantnessc1386 parcity1509 tenuity1535 scantiness1567 bareness1580 barrenness1587 exiguity1604 leanness1612 meagreness1622 thinness1623 jejuneness1626 macilencya1631 narrowness1647 straitnessa1704 flimsinessa1763 threadbareness1771 poorness1782 skimpiness1879 threadbarity1892 the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > thin shape > state of having leannessa1000 boninessa1398 macilence?a1425 meagreness?a1425 macies?a1450 meagrec1450 povertya1475 bareness1552 extenuation1576 poorness1577 gauntness1607 lankness1611 macilencya1631 spareness1648 emaceration1656 emaciation1662 skinniness1688 angularity1822 thinness1827 pinchedness1857 scrawniness1863 scragginess1865 wizenedness1887 a1631 J. Donne 50 Serm. (1649) i. 3 A Consumption hath attenuated me to a feeble macilency and leannesse. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 6) 129 These effects [sc. of intemperance] are,..2. Macilencie of grace. 1799 C. Crowther in T. Beddoes Contrib. Physical & Med. Knowl. 350 From a state of extreme macilency [she] became obese. 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 12 525 On recollecting the macilency of the Parisians, he justly inferred, that double the number of French people might inhabit London..without inconvenience. 1878 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1892) V. cvi. 97 These effects are..2. Macilency of grace; for as it puts fatness into their bodies, so leanness into their souls. 2001 www.costumes.org 14 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) Bob Weinstein in Breaking Into Modeling: A Guide For Beginners (1983) tried to rationalize this irrational standardization into a tall skeletal macilency, by insisting that all international runway models needed to be able to fit in one another's clothes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1631
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