paltrinessn.

Brit.

/ˈpɔːltrɪnᵻs/,

/ˈpɒltrɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈpɔltrinᵻs/,

/ˈpɑltrinᵻs/

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

Etymology: < paltry adj. + -ness suffix. N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (pǭ·ltrinės) /ˈpɔːltrɪnɪs/.

The condition or quality of being paltry; meanness, worthlessness; (occasionally) an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > paltriness, meanness, or contempt

miserableness1633

meannessa1656

narrowness1661

sorriness1668

paltriness1727

threadbareness1771

wretchedness1810

trumperiness1868

picayunishness1870

threadbarity1892

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible

shendfulness?c1225

wretchdom?c1225

wretchedness1389

caitifhedea1400

vilitya1425

despectuousness1447

lousiness1530

scornfulness1535

meanness1556

contemptibleness1574

worthlessness1604

contemptibility1611

caitifness1649

despicableness1653

pitifulness1670

despisableness1673

paltriness1727

shabbiness1827

despicability1830

piggery1854

wormishness1925

shittiness1929

scuzziness1980

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Paltriness,..Pitifulness, sorriness.

1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris viii. 117 Dirty walls, a foul fire-place, and various other signs of paltriness.

1841 R. W. Emerson Ess. 1st Ser. (Boston ed.) xii. 300 There is a certain appearance of paltriness, as of toys..in sculpture.

1871 T. Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Memorials (1883) III. 298 Those new neighbours, and their noises and paltrinesses.

1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers vi. 114 There came over him a look of meanness and of paltriness.

1937 Isis 27 422 The most generous have their moments of paltriness, even as the meanest their glimpses of liberality.

1987 P. Auster Country of Last Things (1988) 13 The..beauty of the spectacle had wrenched them from themselves, had made them forget the paltriness of their lives.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	paltriness
释义	paltrinessn. Brit. /ˈpɔːltrɪnᵻs/, /ˈpɒltrɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpɔltrinᵻs/, /ˈpɑltrinᵻs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: paltry adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < paltry adj. + -ness suffix. N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (pǭ·ltrinės) /ˈpɔːltrɪnɪs/. The condition or quality of being paltry; meanness, worthlessness; (occasionally) an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > paltriness, meanness, or contempt miserableness1633 meannessa1656 narrowness1661 sorriness1668 paltriness1727 threadbareness1771 wretchedness1810 trumperiness1868 picayunishness1870 threadbarity1892 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible shendfulness?c1225 wretchdom?c1225 wretchedness1389 caitifhedea1400 vilitya1425 despectuousness1447 lousiness1530 scornfulness1535 meanness1556 contemptibleness1574 worthlessness1604 contemptibility1611 caitifness1649 despicableness1653 pitifulness1670 despisableness1673 paltriness1727 shabbiness1827 despicability1830 piggery1854 wormishness1925 shittiness1929 scuzziness1980 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Paltriness,..Pitifulness, sorriness. 1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris viii. 117 Dirty walls, a foul fire-place, and various other signs of paltriness. 1841 R. W. Emerson Ess. 1st Ser. (Boston ed.) xii. 300 There is a certain appearance of paltriness, as of toys..in sculpture. 1871 T. Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Memorials (1883) III. 298 Those new neighbours, and their noises and paltrinesses. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers vi. 114 There came over him a look of meanness and of paltriness. 1937 Isis 27 422 The most generous have their moments of paltriness, even as the meanest their glimpses of liberality. 1987 P. Auster Country of Last Things (1988) 13 The..beauty of the spectacle had wrenched them from themselves, had made them forget the paltriness of their lives. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1727
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