单词 | over-easiness |
释义 | over-easinessn. Now rare. The quality or state of being too easy; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > excessive easiness over-easiness1698 1698 T. Dilke Pretenders ii. 14 You that are Women, either affectation makes troublesome, pride makes you imperious, or an over easiness makes you nauseous. 1754 T. Turner Diary 8 Feb. (1925) (modernized text) 3 I know I shall never be able to comply therewith in so strickt a manner as I should chuse, by the unstable and over-easyness of my temper. 1843 J. H. Newman Ess. Miracles 340 The historian had no leaning towards over-easiness of belief. 1866 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 659 Dick, whose faults were those of over-easiness, was now vexed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1698 |
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