movelessnessn.

Brit.

/ˈmuːvləsnəs/, U.S.

/ˈmuvləsnəs/

Forms: see moveless adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moveless adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < moveless adj. + -ness suffix.

Chiefly literary.

The state or condition of being motionless or immobile.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > state or quality of being immovable

immovabilityc1374

unmovablenessc1384

unmovabletya1400

unmobletya1425

immovableness1617

movelessness1667

stuckness1960

1667 R. Hooke in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 540 It was not the subsiding or movelesness of the Lungs, that was the immediate cause of Death.

1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies ii. 121 A king's majesty or ‘state’, then, and the right of his kingdom to be called a state, depends on the movelessness of both.

1866 A. Smith A. Hagart's Househ. I. 7 He would be touched by the silence and movelessness of the mighty landscape.

1904 J. London Sea-wolf xxxvi. 334 We lingered at the fire after dinner and delighted in the movelessness of loafing.

1941 E. R. Eddison Fish Dinner vii. 113 All leapt to their feet... It was as if the instant moment itself leapt and hung tip-toed on an instability of movelessness.

1987 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. (Nexis) 1 Feb. l8 King occasionally lapses into such silliness as having characters ‘stunned into utter movelessness’. Movelessness?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	movelessness
释义	movelessnessn. Brit. /ˈmuːvləsnəs/, U.S. /ˈmuvləsnəs/ Forms: see moveless adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: moveless adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < moveless adj. + -ness suffix. Chiefly literary. The state or condition of being motionless or immobile. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > state or quality of being immovable immovabilityc1374 unmovablenessc1384 unmovabletya1400 unmobletya1425 immovableness1617 movelessness1667 stuckness1960 1667 R. Hooke in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 540 It was not the subsiding or movelesness of the Lungs, that was the immediate cause of Death. 1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies ii. 121 A king's majesty or ‘state’, then, and the right of his kingdom to be called a state, depends on the movelessness of both. 1866 A. Smith A. Hagart's Househ. I. 7 He would be touched by the silence and movelessness of the mighty landscape. 1904 J. London Sea-wolf xxxvi. 334 We lingered at the fire after dinner and delighted in the movelessness of loafing. 1941 E. R. Eddison Fish Dinner vii. 113 All leapt to their feet... It was as if the instant moment itself leapt and hung tip-toed on an instability of movelessness. 1987 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. (Nexis) 1 Feb. l8 King occasionally lapses into such silliness as having characters ‘stunned into utter movelessness’. Movelessness? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1667
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