monumentalityn.

Brit.

/ˌmɒnjᵿmɛnˈtalᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌmɑnjəˌmɛnˈtælədi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: monumental adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: < monumental adj. + -ity suffix. Compare French monumentalité (1845). Compare slightly later monumentalism n.

The quality of being monumental, or grandly imposing; an instance of this. Also occasionally concrete: a monumental sculpture, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > other

charge1393

instantness1548

importance1603

stamp1632

amount1678

consequence1793

monumentality1884

relevance1935

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > hugeness

hugenessc1380

monstruousness1545

huginess1559

immanity1586

immenseness1610

immensity1652

enormity1792

colossality1800

enormousness1802

prodigiousness1832

gianthood1841

titanism1851

hugeousness1859

vastitude1876

jumboesqueness1882

monumentality1884

stupendiosity1912

1884 Cent. Mag. May 35/1 In execution these conceptions..are on the whole not possessed of the..monumentality which characterize the other works.

1888 G. B. Shaw Let. 9 Feb. (1965) I. 184 If I had..physical monumentality, I should bring London up to the mark.

1890 Sc. Leader 11 Nov. 7 Art, in spite of a number of good artists, lacks monumentality.

1934 J. J. Sweeney Plastic Redirections in 20th Cent. Painting 60 A genuinely new ‘archaism’—an extreme simplicity and monumentality of form, with no necessary naturalistic association.

1963 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Jan. 2/3 The sculptor Ivan Schadr..who among many other monumentalities has been responsible for the large moveable pink rose.

1988 M. Spevack in E. G. Stanley & T. F. Hoad Words: for R. Burchfield's 65th Birthday 153 Even Dr. Johnson..was well aware of the monumentality and yet ultimate hopelessness of his task.

2000 Oxoniensia 64 30 The barrows and planned settlements with large halls, reflecting a new monumentality of both elite buildings and burial markers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	monumentality
释义	monumentalityn. Brit. /ˌmɒnjᵿmɛnˈtalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌmɑnjəˌmɛnˈtælədi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: monumental adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: < monumental adj. + -ity suffix. Compare French monumentalité (1845). Compare slightly later monumentalism n. The quality of being monumental, or grandly imposing; an instance of this. Also occasionally concrete: a monumental sculpture, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > other charge1393 instantness1548 importance1603 stamp1632 amount1678 consequence1793 monumentality1884 relevance1935 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > hugeness hugenessc1380 monstruousness1545 huginess1559 immanity1586 immenseness1610 immensity1652 enormity1792 colossality1800 enormousness1802 prodigiousness1832 gianthood1841 titanism1851 hugeousness1859 vastitude1876 jumboesqueness1882 monumentality1884 stupendiosity1912 1884 Cent. Mag. May 35/1 In execution these conceptions..are on the whole not possessed of the..monumentality which characterize the other works. 1888 G. B. Shaw Let. 9 Feb. (1965) I. 184 If I had..physical monumentality, I should bring London up to the mark. 1890 Sc. Leader 11 Nov. 7 Art, in spite of a number of good artists, lacks monumentality. 1934 J. J. Sweeney Plastic Redirections in 20th Cent. Painting 60 A genuinely new ‘archaism’—an extreme simplicity and monumentality of form, with no necessary naturalistic association. 1963 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Jan. 2/3 The sculptor Ivan Schadr..who among many other monumentalities has been responsible for the large moveable pink rose. 1988 M. Spevack in E. G. Stanley & T. F. Hoad Words: for R. Burchfield's 65th Birthday 153 Even Dr. Johnson..was well aware of the monumentality and yet ultimate hopelessness of his task. 2000 Oxoniensia 64 30 The barrows and planned settlements with large halls, reflecting a new monumentality of both elite buildings and burial markers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1884
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