needinessn.

Brit.

/ˈniːdɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈnidinᵻs/

Forms: Old English neadinys, Middle English nedinesse, Middle English nedynes, Middle English nedynesse, Middle English–1500s nedines, 1500s needynesse, 1500s–1600s needines, 1500s–1600s needinesse, 1600s– neediness; also Scottish pre-1700 nedines, pre-1700 nedynes, pre-1700 nidines.

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

Etymology: < needy adj. + -ness suffix.Compare Old English nīednes necessity, need, distress.

†1. Something due or required; a requirement. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 282 Debitum : neadinysse [OE Digby 146 neadinysse] uel neode.

2. The state or condition of being needy; poverty, want, indigence. Frequently with reference to spiritual or emotional needs.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > [noun]

waedlec888

wanspeedc893

wanea1100

wandrethc1175

miseasea1200

povertya1225

lowness?c1225

needc1225

orcostc1225

poorness?a1300

unwealtha1300

defaultc1300

porailc1325

straitnessa1340

poorhead1340

mischiefa1375

miseasetya1382

needinessa1382

misterc1385

indigencec1386

scarcitya1387

noughtc1400

scantnessc1400

necessity?1406

penurya1425

povertnessa1434

exilitya1439

wantc1450

scarcenessc1475

needinga1500

povertiesa1500

penurity?a1505

poortith?a1513

debility1525

tenuity1535

leanness1550

lack1555

Needham1577

inopy1581

pinching1587

dispurveyance1590

egency1600

macritude1623

penuriousness1630

indigency1631

needihood1648

necessitousness1650

egestuosity1656

straitened circumstancesa1766

unopulence1796

Queer Street1811

lowliness1834

breadlessness1860

unwealthiness1886

out-of-elbowness1890

secondary poverty1901

Short Street1920

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. xxvi. 16 Y shal visyte ȝow swiftly in nedynesse & in brennynge.

c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 54 (MED) From howe grete ricches with sodeyne case I am come yn nedynes.

c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 166 (MED) Som men..trauaille for richesse And þerto putte thaire þoght contynuele To dryue away pouert and nedynesse.

a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xvi. sig. Q.v^v He liued here in nedines & pouertie al his lyfe.

1565 A. Golding in tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis To Rdr. sig. *ij Of health and sicknesse, lyfe and death, of needinesse and wealth.

c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1922) II. 332 The emperiour..caused keip him lang in prisoun in greit nidines and penurie.

1651 E. Prestwich Hippolitus 106 Health could not diswade his neediness From what his sence found so good.

1796 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. (1847) II. 365 Though not right in itself, it may become right by the greater wrongness of the only alternative—the remaining in neediness and uncertainty.

1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 476 These measures proved the neediness of the intrusive government.

1883 Fortn. Rev. Sept. 347 It is not from neediness, nor yet from niggardliness.

1899 F. W. O. Ward Eng. Roses 416 That man thus wrought should wax yet wiser From conscious might and native neediness.

1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist v. 288 The air of wealth and repose diffused about them seemed to comfort their neediness.

1942 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 2 353 A disharmony between the spiritual (geistigen) person and bodily neediness.

1990 E. J. Chopich & M. Paul Healing your Aloneness i. i. 6 This is neediness—needing others to make us feel okay about ourselves.

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

单词	neediness
释义	needinessn. Brit. /ˈniːdɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈnidinᵻs/ Forms: Old English neadinys, Middle English nedinesse, Middle English nedynes, Middle English nedynesse, Middle English–1500s nedines, 1500s needynesse, 1500s–1600s needines, 1500s–1600s needinesse, 1600s– neediness; also Scottish pre-1700 nedines, pre-1700 nedynes, pre-1700 nidines. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: needy adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < needy adj. + -ness suffix.Compare Old English nīednes necessity, need, distress. †1. Something due or required; a requirement. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 282 Debitum : neadinysse [OE Digby 146 neadinysse] uel neode. 2. The state or condition of being needy; poverty, want, indigence. Frequently with reference to spiritual or emotional needs. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] waedlec888 wanspeedc893 wanea1100 wandrethc1175 miseasea1200 povertya1225 lowness?c1225 needc1225 orcostc1225 poorness?a1300 unwealtha1300 defaultc1300 porailc1325 straitnessa1340 poorhead1340 mischiefa1375 miseasetya1382 needinessa1382 misterc1385 indigencec1386 scarcitya1387 noughtc1400 scantnessc1400 necessity?1406 penurya1425 povertnessa1434 exilitya1439 wantc1450 scarcenessc1475 needinga1500 povertiesa1500 penurity?a1505 poortith?a1513 debility1525 tenuity1535 leanness1550 lack1555 Needham1577 inopy1581 pinching1587 dispurveyance1590 egency1600 macritude1623 penuriousness1630 indigency1631 needihood1648 necessitousness1650 egestuosity1656 straitened circumstancesa1766 unopulence1796 Queer Street1811 lowliness1834 breadlessness1860 unwealthiness1886 out-of-elbowness1890 secondary poverty1901 Short Street1920 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Lev. xxvi. 16 Y shal visyte ȝow swiftly in nedynesse & in brennynge. c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 54 (MED) From howe grete ricches with sodeyne case I am come yn nedynes. c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 166 (MED) Som men..trauaille for richesse And þerto putte thaire þoght contynuele To dryue away pouert and nedynesse. a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xvi. sig. Q.v^v He liued here in nedines & pouertie al his lyfe. 1565 A. Golding in tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis To Rdr. sig. ij Of health and sicknesse, lyfe and death, of needinesse and wealth. c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis* (1922) II. 332 The emperiour..caused keip him lang in prisoun in greit nidines and penurie. 1651 E. Prestwich Hippolitus 106 Health could not diswade his neediness From what his sence found so good. 1796 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. (1847) II. 365 Though not right in itself, it may become right by the greater wrongness of the only alternative—the remaining in neediness and uncertainty. 1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 476 These measures proved the neediness of the intrusive government. 1883 Fortn. Rev. Sept. 347 It is not from neediness, nor yet from niggardliness. 1899 F. W. O. Ward Eng. Roses 416 That man thus wrought should wax yet wiser From conscious might and native neediness. 1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist v. 288 The air of wealth and repose diffused about them seemed to comfort their neediness. 1942 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 2 353 A disharmony between the spiritual (geistigen) person and bodily neediness. 1990 E. J. Chopich & M. Paul Healing your Aloneness i. i. 6 This is neediness—needing others to make us feel okay about ourselves. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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