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单词 meanness
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meannessn.1

Brit. /ˈmiːnnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmi(n)nᵻs/
Forms: Old English mænis (in a late copy), Old English mœnis (in a late copy), Middle English manysse, Middle English mennesse.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: i-mennesse n. at i-mene adj. and adv. Derivatives
Etymology: Aphetic < i-mennesse n. at i-mene adj. and adv. Derivatives. With sense 2 compare Old English gemǣnnes joint possession.
Obsolete. rare.
1. Communion, fellowship.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [noun]
ymonec888
i-mennessec1050
meanc1175
ferredc1200
fellowshipa1225
fellowredc1230
sameningc1230
companyc1275
monec1300
conversationc1340
meanness1340
affinity?c1400
companyingc1443
compernagea1500
frequentation?1520
society1529
convoying1543
companionship1548
companyship1548
combining1552
haunt1552
community1570
unition1584
consociation1593
companionry1595
sodality1602
conversinga1610
converse1610
consorting1611
consociety1624
consociating1625
togetherness1656
association1659
consortiona1682
sociality1758
mixture1764
junction1783
consortation1796
conversancy1798
mingling1819
companionage1838
boon companionship1844
mateship1849
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 14 Ich y-leue holy cherch generalliche and þe mennesse of halȝen.
c1350 Ayenbite (1866) App. 268 We byddeþ þet þou zigge ous huet is hare dede in mennesse.
2. Land held in common.Quot. c14251 is a late copy of a grant of various plots of land in Kent, made in 996; quot. c14252 is a Middle English translation of the same text.
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c1425 ( Royal Charter: Æðelred II to his Mother Ælfþryð (Sawyer 877) in S. Miller Charters of New Minster, Winchester (2001) 146 Of þæt forda ofer þa mænisse to þorn æcere.
c1425 in E. Edwards Liber Monasterii de Hyda (1866) 250 (MED) Fro that ford, ovyr manysse to Thornacre.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

meannessn.2

Brit. /ˈmiːnnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmi(n)nᵻs/
Forms: see mean adj.2 and -ness suffix; also Middle English meenesse, Middle English menesse, Middle English menez, Middle English–1500s meanesse.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mean adj.2, -ness suffix.
Etymology: < mean adj.2 + -ness suffix.
Obsolete.
The condition of being between two extremes; moderateness in size or in some other quality.
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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 304v Oþur it [sc. the matter] is moyste and ayry and chaunged to þikkenesse & druyenesse of eorþe, so þat it passeþ nouȝt menenes of erþe.
c1450 Contin. Lydgate's Secrees (Sloane 2464) 2555 (MED) Visage rounde, boody hool and right, With meenesse of the heed is good in ech wyght.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Luke warmth,..meannes, between hot and cold.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

meannessn.3

Brit. /ˈmiːnnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmi(n)nᵻs/
Forms: see mean adj.1 and -ness suffix; also 1500s–1600s meanesse, 1700s meaness.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mean adj.1, -ness suffix.
Etymology: < mean adj.1 + -ness suffix.
1. Weakness, inferiority, smallness; an instance of this. Now rare.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [noun]
poornessa1382
povertya1387
bada1425
lessness?a1425
worsenessa1425
nethertyc1443
minority1533
badness1539
lesserness1540
evilness1547
meanness1556
punyship1581
inferiority1599
under1600
worserness1602
inferiorness1674
deteriority1692
baddishness1824
shoddiness1886
crumbiness1949
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible
shendfulness?c1225
wretchdom?c1225
wretchedness1389
caitifhedea1400
vilitya1425
despectuousness1447
lousiness1530
scornfulness1535
meanness1556
contemptibleness1574
worthlessness1604
contemptibility1611
caitifness1649
despicableness1653
pitifulness1670
despisableness1673
paltriness1727
shabbiness1827
despicability1830
piggery1854
wormishness1925
shittiness1929
scuzziness1980
1556 R. Robinson tr. T. More Utopia (ed. 2) sig. Aii To the meanesse of whose learninge I thoughte it my part to submit..my stile.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xxxi. 66 The Ministers greatnes or meannesse of knowledge to do other things.
1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses 28 Nor to scoff at the meanness of his understanding.
a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) XI. 82 The great purpose that brought Christ out of his Father's bosom, and clothed him with the infirmities and meannesses of our nature.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 64 We suffer greater injuries from the contemptible meanness of the one [sc. the mouse], than the formidable invasions of the other [sc. the elephant].
1833 C. Lamb Barrenness Imaginative Faculty in Last Ess. Elia 180 The large eye of genius saw in the meanness of present objects their capabilities of treatment.
1858 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 19 Feb. in French & Ital. Notebks. (1980) ii. 88 The associations of moral sublimity and beauty seem to throw a veil over the physical meannesses.
2. Lowliness; insignificance; lowness of birth, social status, etc. Now rare.
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the mind > emotion > humility > [noun] > of rank or birth
meanness1579
humility1623
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Oct. (Gloss.) It seemeth he hath forgot the meanenesse of shepheards state and stile.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie cxcvii. 1226 Let vs learne to acknowledge our meanesse with all humilitie.
1659 J. Milton Considerations touching Hirelings 97 Without soaring above the meannes wherin they were born.
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xiii. 358 The rusticity of his appearance and manners still betrayed in the most elevated fortune the meanness of his extraction.
1830 A. Heber Life R. Heber II. xxv. 258 The minister began to fear a rising competitor, as well knowing that the meanness of his own birth and functions had been no obstacle to his advancement.
1886 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David VII. Ps. cxxxvi. 170 Reaching downward even to beasts and reptiles, it is, indeed, a boundless mercy, which knows no limit because of the meanness of its object.
1900 Eng. Hist. Rev. July 561 The meanness of his birth.
1934 M. Callaghan Such is my Beloved i. 8 He began to run his plump hand through his black hair..full of pity because of the meanness of their lives.
3. Poorness of appearance or equipment; shabbiness. Of literary or artistic work: poverty of style, execution, or design; (occasionally) lack of an elevated style, etc.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > paltriness, meanness, or contempt
miserableness1633
meannessa1656
narrowness1661
sorriness1668
paltriness1727
threadbareness1771
wretchedness1810
trumperiness1868
picayunishness1870
threadbarity1892
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 436 The King of Gods in meanness drest.
1672 J. Dryden Def. Epilogue in Conquest Granada 170 [Jonson] when he trusted himself alone, often fell into meanness of expression.
1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 419 I doubt however whether this Figure be not of a later Date..by the Meanness of the Workmanship.
1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris viii. 130 I found their students..assiduously copying the hard atrocities and cold meannesses of their own David.
1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 155 Richtenschwyl and its precincts are very pretty, notwithstanding the meanness of most of the houses.
1852 C. Dickens Let. 12 Oct. (1988) VI. 776 Its intrinsic meanness as a composition.
1988 N. Guttman in M. Waddington Canad. Jewish Short Stories (1990) 198 I resented the meanness of her tweedy suits and loafers.
4.
a. Smallness of character or mind; pettiness.In later use this sense is often difficult to distinguish from sense 5.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [noun]
villainyc1386
simplessea1393
littlenessa1400
unnoblenessc1400
unnobilitya1425
unnobletya1425
ignoblenessc1450
ignobility?a1475
vileness1549
vilityc1550
haskardy?1578
dunghillry1581
indignity1589
beggarya1616
ignoblesse?1616
poorness1625
lowness1652
meanness1660
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun]
littlenessa1400
unkindnessc1400
uncharitableness1544
uncharity1548
incharity1586
poorness1625
strait-heartedness1646
meanness1660
incharitableness1679
ungenerosity1757
ungenerousness1757
smallness1813
1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 263 in Justice Vindicated This doth not proceed from any abject baseness or meanness of spirit.
1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiv. 103 Lives there a Man so dead to Fame, who dares To think such Meanness?
1841 R. W. Emerson Ess. 1st Ser. (Boston ed.) viii. 218 Who that sees the meanness of our politics, but inly congratulates Washington, that he is long already wrapped in his shroud?
1878 M. C. Jackson Chaperon's Cares II. viii. 91 His dastardly soul would stoop to the lowest depths of meanness.
1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers vi. 114 There came over him a look of meanness and of paltriness.
1989 B. Chatwin What am I doing Here 157 With the calculated meanness of scholars they have picked his brains and failed to acknowledge their source.
b. An instance of this; a mean act. Usually in plural.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [noun] > instance or act of
littleness1622
meanness1683
menialism1832
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > instance of
littleness1622
meanness1683
menialism1832
1683 J. Oldham Poems & Transl. 142 Let others who such meannesses can brook, Strike Countenance to every Great man's Look.
1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil i. iv. 48 To descend to the meannesses of..frightning children and old women.
1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph I. 276 I fear my letter might fall into Mr. Arnold's hands: his curiosity might lead him to open it (for the conscious mind will descend to meannesses).
1879 ‘E. Garrett’ House by Wks. I. 23 The little one never told him about sharp words and petty meannesses.
1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling iii. 25 He slipped in like a shadow and done his meanness and slipped out afore day.
1992 Ann. Rev. Sociol. 18 13 The tendency to attribute such events to motives or meannesses in persons.
5. Niggardliness, stinginess; an instance of this. Also figurative.
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the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun]
fastship?c1225
scarcenessa1300
scarcity1340
niggardyc1390
nithingheada1400
scarcehead1420
nigonryc1430
niggardship?a1439
pinching1440
straitheadc1450
straitnessc1460
niggard cheap1463
niggardnessc1487
nigonshipa1500
niggardise1502
niggishness1519
niggardliness1556
parsimony1561
illiberality1581
nearness1584
tenacity1586
Euclionism1599
paring1607
servilitya1610
niggeralitya1612
scanting1625
scant-handednessa1627
closefistedness1631
niggardess1632
close-handedness1646
strait-handedness1649
penury1651
unbountifulness1660
parsimoniousness1671
penuriousness1672
stinginess1682
closeness1712
illiberalness1727
meanness1755
cheeseparing1834
scrimping1835
churlishness1846
screwing1848
skinflintism1853
screwiness1856
flint-paring1860
skinflintiness1861
scrimp1864
flint-skinning1873
penny-pinching1895
skimping1898
tight-fistedness1975
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Meanness,..Sordidness; niggardliness.
1822 J. MacDonald Mem. J. Benson 520 He carefully shunned both meanness and imprudent expenditure.
1823 C. Lamb Old & New Schoolmaster in Elia 125 All this [is] performed with a careful economy, that never descends to meanness.
1840 Southern Literary Messenger 6 534/1 He had been always above the temptation to pecuniary meannesses.
1928 E. Wallace Again Three Just Men x. 212 But for his inherent meanness, he would have gladly paid good money to be rid of her.
1990 D. McCullin Unreasonable Behaviour xxv. 185 Despite his legendary reputation for meanness, he financed big expansion plans for both papers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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