单词 | mouldiness |
释义 | mouldinessmoldinessn. The condition of being mouldy; fustiness; mouldy growth, mould. Also figurative: a state of boredom or discontent (cf. mouldy adj.1 2b). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > mouldy or musty condition mustiness1526 mouldiness1559 vinniedness1565 foistiness1576 hoariness1580 must1602 vinnewinessa1722 motheriness1742 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [noun] > mustiness, mouldiness, or mould moulda1400 mow?a1500 mustiness1526 vinny1538 mouldiness1559 vinniedness1565 foistiness1576 hoariness1580 must1602 mucor1656 vinnewinessa1722 the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > harmful or parasitic fungi > [noun] > mould or mildew > condition of being mouldy moulinga1425 mouldness?c1475 mouldiness1559 must1602 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] sada1200 fastidiuma1398 irkingc1400 irksomeness1435 tediousness1482 tediation1485 annuisance1502 weariness1526 wearisomenessa1568 irk1570 languor1596 tedification1616 tedium1662 ennui1758 dullery1841 boredom1853 mawkishness1861 fed-'upness1910 mouldiness1916 browned-offness1938 noia1944 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 46 The places be anoynted with the horines or mouldines [L. muccilagine] that bredeth ther vpon. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. xvii. f. 92v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I A few auncient rowles of parchment..defaced with mouldinesse, and rotten for age. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 520 Take it forth, and scrape from it the mouldinesse or vinewing that doth furre or gather about it. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. xxvii. 15) Custom without truth is but hoariness or mouldiness of error. 1685 tr. B. Gracián y Morales Courtiers Oracle 14 Circumstances make things grow young again, they cure them of the musty scent, and the mouldiness of Too often. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 54 The moldiness and finnowyness of the grass. 1742 H. Baker Microscope made Easy ii. lii. 305 Those exceedingly small Plants, invisible to the naked Eye, which compose what we call Mouldiness. 1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne iii. 57 He should produce the portrait..with all the stains and mouldiness of the last century. 1818 H. T. Colebrooke On Import Colonial Corn 96 Mouldiness is prevented, since the seeds of mucor are shut out. 1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am x A kind of pallid mouldiness pervaded everything. 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Stand By! 23 Our mouldiness in the morning is merely temporary. 1986 J. Richards & J. M. Mackenzie Railway Station viii. 202 An atmosphere compounded of overnight gas-burning and the indefinable mouldiness of adjacent ‘bookrooms’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1559 |
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