单词 | moreness |
释义 | morenessn. Now rare. 1. The fact or condition of being greater or more than another, esp. in size or amount; the fact of being greater than previously. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > condition of being more than another morenessc1400 excessa1618 c1400 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 505 (MED) For morenesse of Cristis vicar is not mesurid by worldly morenesse, bot bi þis, þat þis vicar sues more Crist by virtuous lyvyng. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 386 Here we synnen doubli..reversing Cristis sentence of morenesse. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 386 Gretenes of clerkes is morenesse of mekenesse and morenesse in service. a1450 Musical Treat. in Speculum (1935) 10 269 Arithmetricke..tretyth of mornesse & lasnes of numbir. 1876 F. Bradley Ethical Stud. vi. 215 You can not measure by comparative lessness of bad self..nor again moreness of goodself. 1971 M. McLuhan Let. 26 Apr. (1987) 432 You deal with men for whom the old specialist ‘goals’ of moreness still conceal the opportunities of the seventies. 2. The condition of consisting of more than one; plurality. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > [noun] pluralitya1398 multiplicityc1454 moreness1611 manya1620 plural1655 multeity1814 several-fold1892 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pluralité, pluralitie, or morenesse; more then one of. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 187 A moreness of worlds, and a soonerness of this world, may alwayes be, and often are, grounded upon a like way of reasoning. 1859 B. W. Dwight Mod. Philol. I. 77 Mommsen..says, literally translated, that ‘the strong logic of the Italians seems to have found no reason for splitting the idea of moreness into twoness and muchness.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1400 |
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