meeknessn.

Brit.

/ˈmiːknᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈmiknᵻs/

Forms: see meek adj. and -ness suffix; also Middle English meecnesse, Middle English mieknesse, Middle English mikenes, Middle English mikeness, Middle English mueknesse, Middle English myknes, 1500s meacknesse, 1500s meakenes; Scottish pre-1700 meickness, pre-1700 mykenes, pre-1700 myknes.

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

Etymology: < meek adj. + -ness suffix. Compare meekhead n., meeklaik n., meekship n.For the unusual Middle English (Kentish) form mueknesse see discussion s.v. meekly adv.

1. Gentleness; humility, obedience.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > [noun]

edmodnessc888

edmedec1000

dafteliȝkc1175

edmodleȝcc1175

meeklaikc1175

meeknessc1175

meekshipc1225

lowshipc1230

humilityc1315

meekheadc1325

lowness1340

povertyc1350

humblessec1374

umblete1377

humbleness1388

humbletec1400

lowlinessa1413

humilness1423

lowliheada1450

self-contempt1563

humilitudea1586

demissness1603

lowlihood1818

the mind > emotion > calmness > meekness or mildness > [noun]

mildnessOE

meeknessc1175

mildshipa1200

meekshipc1225

stillness?c1225

mildheadc1300

mansuetudec1390

mansuetiea1500

placidity1619

placidness1654

milkiness1692

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3613 Þatt dide he forr to shæwenn swa Vnnseȝȝenndliȝ meocnesse.

a1250 Wohunge ure Lauerd in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 273 Meknesse and mildschipe makes mon eihwer luued.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 65 God þet loueþ Mueknesse and zoþnesse.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 9996 (MED) Sco serued in vr lauerd dright In mikenes suet, bath dai and night.

a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 102 An so hoope is frawded by too ferfull and symple mekenesse.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 3941 Eneas was..A man full of mekenes & mery of his chere.

1542 H. Brinkelow Lamentacion sig. Cv Yet for all their outwarde meakenes and holynes, they be within rauenynge wolues.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 96 Loue and meekenesse, Lord Become a Churchman, better then Ambition.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 310 It must be owing to my Meekness, more than his Complaisance.

1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. xii. 51 That sniveling virtue of Meekness.

1823 R. Heber Let. 12 Nov. in A. Heber Life R. Heber (1830) II. xxii. 168 There are yet two points... 1st. The apparent want of respect and meekness in some of your letters to Archdeacon Barnes.

1860 J. W. Warter Sea-board & Down II. 161 Gentle natures in which grace has kindled meekness.

1919 P. G. Wodehouse Their Mutual Child i. iv. 48 It would have amazed the clerks in his Wall Street office to see the meekness with which the old man obeyed orders.

1981 M. West Clowns of God iv. 97 Mendelius bowed his head in meekness.

†2.

a. Kindliness, generosity, charitable feeling or disposition. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun]

goodshipOE

goodnessOE

well-willingnessOE

goodlaikc1175

charity?c1225

courtesy1297

kindnessc1300

meeknessc1300

kindheada1325

benignityc1374

benevolencec1384

kindshipa1393

betternessa1400

homeliness1402

goodliness1405

courteousnessc1430

kindliness1440

kindlaikc1450

beneficialness1528

beneficence1531

benevolency1545

beneficency1576

kindheartedness1583

benefiting1594

candidness1643

benefacture1651

geniality1652

candour1653

hearta1656

obliging1676

benevolentness1736

affectionateness1751

warm-heartedness1808

Samaritanism1843

sweet-heartedness1865

benignancy1876

c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) 1496 (MED) Horn makede Arnoldin þare King..Of al westernesse, For his meoknesse.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. 126 (MED) O thou Cupide, O thou Venus..Wher is pite? wher is meknesse?

c1425 Castle of Love (Egerton) (1967) l. 337 (MED) That souerayne grace and meknes Sall be so ful of swetnes That..man..be sterid to loue the ouer al thing.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 331 Mekenesse, and softenesse, mansuetudo, clemencia.

c1450 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Prol. 250 Ester, ley thou thy meknesse al adown.

a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1926) I. 6 His rigor of justice He has mixt with meknes and mercy.

1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. O4 You shall vse towardes me suche meacknesse, lyke as God vsethe vnto all sinnars.

1629 J. Ford Lovers Melancholy i. i. 15 Tis your gracious sweetnesse to descend So low, the meeknesse of your pity leades yee.

1637 W. Alexander in Recreat. Muses 297 By mildnesse, some great States do gaine... Brave Scipio's Army mutini'd in Spayne, And (by his meeknesse bold) their charge did leave.

1776 R. B. Sheridan Rivals (ed. 3) ii. i. 38 You rely upon the mildness of my temper—you do, you Dog! you play upon the meekness of my disposition!

b. Courtesy, politeness, graciousness. Also: a gracious act, a courtesy. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun]

manshipOE

metheOE

courtesy?c1225

debonairty?c1225

gentrice?c1225

debonairshipa1240

hendlaika1250

fairnessc1275

hendiness?a1300

hendshipc1300

meeknessc1300

bonairty1303

bonairnessc1375

debonairness1382

humanityc1384

menskinga1400

hendnessc1400

comity1542

civilness1556

civility1561

courtshipa1640

discretion1752

c1300 Childhood Jesus (Laud) 1699 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 56 (MED) Sone, we habbez þe i souȝt wide..And for þe we habbez i beo in sorinesse. Jhesus answerede with meoknesse: Ich habbe vnder nome, mi leoue moder, To done þat me hiet mi fader.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 1486 (MED) That of his hihe worthinesse He wolde do so gret meknesse, His oghne toun to come and se.

c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. xi. 104 (MED) For þi meknesse [v.r. myldenes] man..and for þi mylde speche, I shal kenne þe to my cosyn.

c1440 S. Scrope in tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 3 Of mekenes..I am brought vn-to you to make present Of this litell newe book.

a1500 (a1475) G. Ashby Dicta Philosophorum 204 in Poems (1899) 52 (MED) Rex sapiens imperat cum mansuetudine & placabilitate..Obserue mekenesse in youre maundement With al benignite and mansuetude.

†3. Wretchedness, affliction; abasement, humiliation, shame. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > misery > [noun]

unselthc888

ermtheOE

unselea1023

wellawayOE

wretchhead1154

wandrethc1175

woec1175

wanea1200

wretchdom?c1225

yomernessc1250

balec1275

un-i-selec1275

wan-siðc1275

unseelinessa1300

wretchedheada1300

cursedness1303

wretcheddomc1320

wrechea1325

wretchnessa1330

tribulationc1330

wretchednessa1340

caitifty1340

meeknessa1382

unwealsomeness1382

infelicityc1384

caitifhedea1400

ill liking?a1400

sorea1400

ungleea1400

unweala1400

caitifnessc1400

deploration1490

caitifdoma1500

woefulnessa1513

misery1527

miserity1533

mishappinessa1542

unwealfulnessa1555

tribulance1575

miserableness1613

agony1621

desolatenessa1626

unblissa1628

unhappiness1722

misère1791

shadow1855

valley1882

miz1918

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xxix. 32 þe which a conceyuyd sonn gete and clepede þe nome of hym Ruben, seying, ‘þe lord haþ ysee my mekenes [L. humilitatem].’

?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 23 (MED) Whanne þou art cast adown in þe valeye of mekenes, þanne knowe me in þee.

c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 71 A good spirit schulde not dispreise ne hate þe state of meeknes, be it in religion or ellis where.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 3286 (MED) Þus prosperite & pride so purely me blyndid, I couthe noȝt se fra my sege to þe soile vndire..Be þe myrrour now of meknes I may a myle knawe.

a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 27 (MED) The feblenesse of them that livid in mekenesse was strengthid in vertuys, for the martirs ouircome their persecutours whanne thei suffird dethe.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meekness
释义	meeknessn. Brit. /ˈmiːknᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmiknᵻs/ Forms: see meek adj. and -ness suffix; also Middle English meecnesse, Middle English mieknesse, Middle English mikenes, Middle English mikeness, Middle English mueknesse, Middle English myknes, 1500s meacknesse, 1500s meakenes; Scottish pre-1700 meickness, pre-1700 mykenes, pre-1700 myknes. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meek adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < meek adj. + -ness suffix. Compare meekhead n., meeklaik n., meekship n.For the unusual Middle English (Kentish) form mueknesse see discussion s.v. meekly adv. 1. Gentleness; humility, obedience. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > [noun] edmodnessc888 edmedec1000 dafteliȝkc1175 edmodleȝcc1175 meeklaikc1175 meeknessc1175 meekshipc1225 lowshipc1230 humilityc1315 meekheadc1325 lowness1340 povertyc1350 humblessec1374 umblete1377 humbleness1388 humbletec1400 lowlinessa1413 humilness1423 lowliheada1450 self-contempt1563 humilitudea1586 demissness1603 lowlihood1818 the mind > emotion > calmness > meekness or mildness > [noun] mildnessOE meeknessc1175 mildshipa1200 meekshipc1225 stillness?c1225 mildheadc1300 mansuetudec1390 mansuetiea1500 placidity1619 placidness1654 milkiness1692 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3613 Þatt dide he forr to shæwenn swa Vnnseȝȝenndliȝ meocnesse. a1250 Wohunge ure Lauerd in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 273 Meknesse and mildschipe makes mon eihwer luued. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 65 God þet loueþ Mueknesse and zoþnesse. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 9996 (MED) Sco serued in vr lauerd dright In mikenes suet, bath dai and night. a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 102 An so hoope is frawded by too ferfull and symple mekenesse. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 3941 Eneas was..A man full of mekenes & mery of his chere. 1542 H. Brinkelow Lamentacion sig. Cv Yet for all their outwarde meakenes and holynes, they be within rauenynge wolues. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 96 Loue and meekenesse, Lord Become a Churchman, better then Ambition. View more context for this quotation 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 310 It must be owing to my Meekness, more than his Complaisance. 1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. xii. 51 That sniveling virtue of Meekness. 1823 R. Heber Let. 12 Nov. in A. Heber Life R. Heber (1830) II. xxii. 168 There are yet two points... 1st. The apparent want of respect and meekness in some of your letters to Archdeacon Barnes. 1860 J. W. Warter Sea-board & Down II. 161 Gentle natures in which grace has kindled meekness. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Their Mutual Child i. iv. 48 It would have amazed the clerks in his Wall Street office to see the meekness with which the old man obeyed orders. 1981 M. West Clowns of God iv. 97 Mendelius bowed his head in meekness. †2. a. Kindliness, generosity, charitable feeling or disposition. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] goodshipOE goodnessOE well-willingnessOE goodlaikc1175 charity?c1225 courtesy1297 kindnessc1300 meeknessc1300 kindheada1325 benignityc1374 benevolencec1384 kindshipa1393 betternessa1400 homeliness1402 goodliness1405 courteousnessc1430 kindliness1440 kindlaikc1450 beneficialness1528 beneficence1531 benevolency1545 beneficency1576 kindheartedness1583 benefiting1594 candidness1643 benefacture1651 geniality1652 candour1653 hearta1656 obliging1676 benevolentness1736 affectionateness1751 warm-heartedness1808 Samaritanism1843 sweet-heartedness1865 benignancy1876 c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) 1496 (MED) Horn makede Arnoldin þare King..Of al westernesse, For his meoknesse. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. 126 (MED) O thou Cupide, O thou Venus..Wher is pite? wher is meknesse? c1425 Castle of Love (Egerton) (1967) l. 337 (MED) That souerayne grace and meknes Sall be so ful of swetnes That..man..be sterid to loue the ouer al thing. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 331 Mekenesse, and softenesse, mansuetudo, clemencia. c1450 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Prol. 250 Ester, ley thou thy meknesse al adown. a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1926) I. 6 His rigor of justice He has mixt with meknes and mercy. 1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. O4 You shall vse towardes me suche meacknesse, lyke as God vsethe vnto all sinnars. 1629 J. Ford Lovers Melancholy i. i. 15 Tis your gracious sweetnesse to descend So low, the meeknesse of your pity leades yee. 1637 W. Alexander in Recreat. Muses 297 By mildnesse, some great States do gaine... Brave Scipio's Army mutini'd in Spayne, And (by his meeknesse bold) their charge did leave. 1776 R. B. Sheridan Rivals (ed. 3) ii. i. 38 You rely upon the mildness of my temper—you do, you Dog! you play upon the meekness of my disposition! b. Courtesy, politeness, graciousness. Also: a gracious act, a courtesy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun] manshipOE metheOE courtesy?c1225 debonairty?c1225 gentrice?c1225 debonairshipa1240 hendlaika1250 fairnessc1275 hendiness?a1300 hendshipc1300 meeknessc1300 bonairty1303 bonairnessc1375 debonairness1382 humanityc1384 menskinga1400 hendnessc1400 comity1542 civilness1556 civility1561 courtshipa1640 discretion1752 c1300 Childhood Jesus (Laud) 1699 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 56 (MED) Sone, we habbez þe i souȝt wide..And for þe we habbez i beo in sorinesse. Jhesus answerede with meoknesse: Ich habbe vnder nome, mi leoue moder, To done þat me hiet mi fader. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 1486 (MED) That of his hihe worthinesse He wolde do so gret meknesse, His oghne toun to come and se. c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. xi. 104 (MED) For þi meknesse [v.r. myldenes] man..and for þi mylde speche, I shal kenne þe to my cosyn. c1440 S. Scrope in tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 3 Of mekenes..I am brought vn-to you to make present Of this litell newe book. a1500 (a1475) G. Ashby Dicta Philosophorum 204 in Poems (1899) 52 (MED) Rex sapiens imperat cum mansuetudine & placabilitate..Obserue mekenesse in youre maundement With al benignite and mansuetude. †3. Wretchedness, affliction; abasement, humiliation, shame. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > misery > [noun] unselthc888 ermtheOE unselea1023 wellawayOE wretchhead1154 wandrethc1175 woec1175 wanea1200 wretchdom?c1225 yomernessc1250 balec1275 un-i-selec1275 wan-siðc1275 unseelinessa1300 wretchedheada1300 cursedness1303 wretcheddomc1320 wrechea1325 wretchnessa1330 tribulationc1330 wretchednessa1340 caitifty1340 meeknessa1382 unwealsomeness1382 infelicityc1384 caitifhedea1400 ill liking?a1400 sorea1400 ungleea1400 unweala1400 caitifnessc1400 deploration1490 caitifdoma1500 woefulnessa1513 misery1527 miserity1533 mishappinessa1542 unwealfulnessa1555 tribulance1575 miserableness1613 agony1621 desolatenessa1626 unblissa1628 unhappiness1722 misère1791 shadow1855 valley1882 miz1918 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xxix. 32 þe which a conceyuyd sonn gete and clepede þe nome of hym Ruben, seying, ‘þe lord haþ ysee my mekenes [L. humilitatem].’ ?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 23 (MED) Whanne þou art cast adown in þe valeye of mekenes, þanne knowe me in þee. c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 71 A good spirit schulde not dispreise ne hate þe state of meeknes, be it in religion or ellis where. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 3286 (MED) Þus prosperite & pride so purely me blyndid, I couthe noȝt se fra my sege to þe soile vndire..Be þe myrrour now of meknes I may a myle knawe. a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 27 (MED) The feblenesse of them that livid in mekenesse was strengthid in vertuys, for the martirs ouircome their persecutours whanne thei suffird dethe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1175
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