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单词 mouldiness
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mouldinessmoldinessn.

Brit. /ˈməʊldɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmoʊldinᵻs/
Forms: 1500s mouldines, 1500s–1600s mouldinesse, 1600s– mouldiness, 1700s– moldiness (now North American).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mouldy adj.1, -ness suffix.
Etymology: < mouldy adj.1 + -ness suffix.
The condition of being mouldy; fustiness; mouldy growth, mould. Also figurative: a state of boredom or discontent (cf. mouldy adj.1 2b).
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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).
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