单词 | oblivescence |
释义 | oblivescencen. rare. = obliviscence n.; (also) propensity or capacity for being forgotten. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [noun] > forgetfulness, oblivion forgetelnessa1000 forgetel-shipc1330 forgetting1340 forgettingnessa1387 obliviona1393 unremembrancec1449 forgetness1474 forgetfulness1477 oubliance1477 obliviousness?1531 oblivium1699 irrecollection1738 obliviscence1775 irretention1827 irretentiveness1849 oblivescence1880 Punjab head1887 1880 W. James in Anniv. Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 23 What do we mean by ‘suppression’? Either complete oblivescence, or such presence as to evoke the steady sentiment of aversion or negation. 1920 G. Santayana Char. & Opinion in U.S. vi. 179 If you try to pour instruction into him, on matters that do not touch his own spontaneous life, he shows the most extraordinary powers of resistance and oblivescence. 1975 I. Murdoch Word Child 129 Would that our sins had built-in qualities of oblivescence such as our dreams have. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1880 |
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