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单词 pensieness
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pensienessn.

Brit. /ˈpɛnsɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpɛnsinəs/, Scottish English /ˈpɛnsɪnᵻs/
Forms: late Middle English pencynesse, late Middle English pensynes, late Middle English pynsynesse (in a late copy); Scottish 1800s– pensieness.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pensy adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < pensy adj. + -ness suffix. With sense 1 compare pensifulness n. and earlier pensivehead n., pensiveness n. With sense 2 compare slightly later pensefulness n. at penseful adj. Derivatives.
Now Scottish and rare.
1. Sadness, melancholy. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > [noun] > uneasiness or anxiety
pensienessc1450
anxietya1475
pensee1474
uneasiness1682
angst1902
misease1905
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > [noun]
mourningeOE
businessOE
busyOE
carefulnessa1000
carec1000
howc1000
embeþonkc1200
thought?c1250
cark1330
curea1340
exercisec1386
solicitude?a1412
pensienessc1450
anxietya1475
fear1490
thought-taking1508
pensement1516
carp1548
caring1556
hoe1567
thoughtfulness1569
carking1583
caretaking1625
anxiousness1636
solicitousness1636
concern1692
solicitation1693
anxietude1709
twitchiness1834
uptightness1969
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [noun] > pensiveness
pensiveheadc1425
pensivenessc1425
pensienessc1450
pensifulnessc1450
thoughtfulness1594
melancholy?1614
thoughtinessa1658
pensive1664
c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 37 (MED) He departed and went into his chaumbre, full of sorowe and of pensynes.
a1500 in R. L. Greene Early Eng. Carols (1935) 298 (MED) For pencynesse and grett distresse I am full woo; Destitute frome al refute Alone I goo; Whylome I present was with my soffreyne, Ignorawnt I was of dolowr and payne.
?c1500 Mary Magdalene (Digby) 606 A! how pynsynesse potyt me to oppresse, that I haue synnyd on euery side.
2. Scottish. Excessive pride in oneself; conceitedness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [noun]
pensifulnessc1450
affectation1548
affection1570
affectedness1622
lady aira1637
fastuousness1649
gentility1650
fastuosity1656
vapouring1656
flatulency1662
hoity-toity1668
pretendingness1701
with an air1701
pretension1706
flatulence1711
uppishness1716
high and mightiness1771
pensieness1825
fine-gentlemanism1831
pretentiousness1838
ambitiousness1845
stuckupishness1853
pretensiveness1859
notion1866
side1870
dog1871
hoity-toityism1881
superiority complex1921
snootiness1932
uppitiness1935
snottiness1973
snoot1984
swag2002
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Pensy Pensieness, self-conceitedness and affectation, S.
1913 H. P. Cameron tr. Thomas à Kempis Of Imitation of Christ iii. iii. 83 [Words] arena tae be thrawn for an ydil pensieness, bot are tae be heard i' whust.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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