meagrenessmeagernessn.

Brit.

/ˈmiːɡənəs/, U.S.

/ˈmiɡərnəs/

Forms: see meagre adj. and -ness suffix; also Scottish pre-1700 migarnes.

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

Etymology: < meagre adj. + -ness suffix.

1. Leanness; emaciation.

ΘΚΠ

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

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 35^v As it shal be said withinforþ of megrenez [?c1425 Paris lenesse; L. macredine] & fatnez.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 180 Ȝe tak that megirnes [a1586 migarnes] of ȝour mother.

1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 55 Lest belly break, or meagernesse ensewe, By giuing more or lesse then was their due.

a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1659) i. 48 His ill colour and meagerness.

1756 W. Dodd Nature of Fasting (ed. 2) 9 This paleness and meagerness of visage.

1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. vi. 112 The reason which induces me to consider this portrait as an original, is the meagreness of the countenance.

1875 W. Maskell Ivories 44 The figures in Byzantine work..begin to be characterised by sharpness and meagreness of form, and lengthiness of proportion.

1949 ‘G. Orwell’ Nineteen Eighty-four i. 6 A smallish, frail figure, the meagreness of his body merely emphasized by the blue overalls which were the uniform of the Party.

1988 P. Fitzgerald Innocence iii. 14 Maddalena had a meagreness which suggested that she might not be long for this world.

†2. Lack of courage. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun]

arghtha1250

arghshipc1275

faintise1297

cowardicec1300

cowardshipc1330

arghness1340

arghhoodc1350

sheepnessc1380

pusillanimitya1393

cowardnessa1400

neshnessa1400

cowardyc1405

lithernessc1425

lashness1477

cowardrya1547

meagreness?1553

cowardliness1556

micropsychy1651

buzzardism1659

stanielry1659

manlessness1667

cow-heartedness1718

pusillanimousness1727

chicken-heartedness1808

infortitude1813

plucklessness1824

white-featherism1843

cold feet1893

yellow1893

liver-heartedness1897

yellowness1909

?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 312 in Shorter Poems (1967) 28 Had not bene that, certis my hart had brokkyn For megirnes and pusillamytee.

3. Scantiness; lack of fullness or elaboration; poorness of quality.

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

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 138 The Meagernesse of his Seruice in the Warres.

1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne 230 The most striking defect..is not meagreness, but inflation.

1831 J. Jebb in C. Forster Life (1834) II. 593 An ante-script, which will indemnify you for the meagreness of this [letter].

1876 S. Smiles Life Sc. Naturalist xiv. 279 The meagreness of the list of Crustacea and Testacea.

1884 R. W. Church Bacon ix. 215 [Bacon's Essays] are austere even to meagreness.

1907 Philos. Rev. 16 144 No moralist can complain of the meagreness of his data.

1977 J. Weeks Coming Out xviii. 232 If you commit yourself to working within deeply traditionalist organizations, you should not be astonished at the meagreness of your achievements.

1991 H. Davies Landing at Dubai in Shanghai Owner of Bonsai Shop 20 There's no intemperance here Except in the meagreness of our imaginings That only find in this exhausted place A wilderness.

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

单词	meagreness
释义	meagrenessmeagernessn. Brit. /ˈmiːɡənəs/, U.S. /ˈmiɡərnəs/ Forms: see meagre adj. and -ness suffix; also Scottish pre-1700 migarnes. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meagre adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < meagre adj. + -ness suffix. 1. Leanness; emaciation. ΘΚΠ 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 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 35^v As it shal be said withinforþ of megrenez [?c1425 Paris lenesse; L. macredine] & fatnez. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 180 Ȝe tak that megirnes [a1586 migarnes] of ȝour mother. 1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 55 Lest belly break, or meagernesse ensewe, By giuing more or lesse then was their due. a1656 J. Hales Golden Remains (1659) i. 48 His ill colour and meagerness. 1756 W. Dodd Nature of Fasting (ed. 2) 9 This paleness and meagerness of visage. 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. vi. 112 The reason which induces me to consider this portrait as an original, is the meagreness of the countenance. 1875 W. Maskell Ivories 44 The figures in Byzantine work..begin to be characterised by sharpness and meagreness of form, and lengthiness of proportion. 1949 ‘G. Orwell’ Nineteen Eighty-four i. 6 A smallish, frail figure, the meagreness of his body merely emphasized by the blue overalls which were the uniform of the Party. 1988 P. Fitzgerald Innocence iii. 14 Maddalena had a meagreness which suggested that she might not be long for this world. †2. Lack of courage. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] arghtha1250 arghshipc1275 faintise1297 cowardicec1300 cowardshipc1330 arghness1340 arghhoodc1350 sheepnessc1380 pusillanimitya1393 cowardnessa1400 neshnessa1400 cowardyc1405 lithernessc1425 lashness1477 cowardrya1547 meagreness?1553 cowardliness1556 micropsychy1651 buzzardism1659 stanielry1659 manlessness1667 cow-heartedness1718 pusillanimousness1727 chicken-heartedness1808 infortitude1813 plucklessness1824 white-featherism1843 cold feet1893 yellow1893 liver-heartedness1897 yellowness1909 ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) i. l. 312 in Shorter Poems (1967) 28 Had not bene that, certis my hart had brokkyn For megirnes and pusillamytee. 3. Scantiness; lack of fullness or elaboration; poorness of quality. 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 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 138 The Meagernesse of his Seruice in the Warres. 1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne 230 The most striking defect..is not meagreness, but inflation. 1831 J. Jebb in C. Forster Life (1834) II. 593 An ante-script, which will indemnify you for the meagreness of this [letter]. 1876 S. Smiles Life Sc. Naturalist xiv. 279 The meagreness of the list of Crustacea and Testacea. 1884 R. W. Church Bacon ix. 215 [Bacon's Essays] are austere even to meagreness. 1907 Philos. Rev. 16 144 No moralist can complain of the meagreness of his data. 1977 J. Weeks Coming Out xviii. 232 If you commit yourself to working within deeply traditionalist organizations, you should not be astonished at the meagreness of your achievements. 1991 H. Davies Landing at Dubai in Shanghai Owner of Bonsai Shop 20 There's no intemperance here Except in the meagreness of our imaginings That only find in this exhausted place A wilderness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425
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