pitchinessn.

Brit.

/ˈpɪtʃɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈpɪtʃinᵻs/

Forms: 1500s pitchines, 1500s pitchinesse, 1700s– pitchiness.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pitchy adj.¹, -ness suffix.

Etymology: < pitchy adj.¹ + -ness suffix.

The quality of being pitchy; intense darkness; (now esp.) the quality of containing or exuding pitch.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > intense darkness

shadow of deathc1050

pitchiness1598

shade of deatha1616

pitch darkness1769

the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [noun] > typical blackness > as pitch

pitchiness1598

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Tenebrosità, darkenes, obscuritie, pitchinesse.

1780 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. II Pitchiness, blackness, darkness.

1807 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Essex I. i. 6 The pitchiness of the soil making it stick like glue.

1896 Littell's Living Age 25 July 207/2 The doctor gazes intently down into the darkness into which the top cage has sunk, as if he could seen anything in that awful pitchiness.

1914 H. F. Weiss Preservation Structural Timber x. 178 The posts are very liable to catch on fire, if ground fires are common, because of the pitchiness of the wood.

1926 National Program Forest Res. (Soc. Amer. Foresters) 76 There may be other forms of immunity [to insect pests]..which may only be a question of the size and pitchiness of buds.

1961 N. D. Gershevsky tr. S. P. Suslow Physical Geogr. iii. x. 357 Forest fires spread rapidly in it [sc. Microbiota decussata] because of the intense pitchiness of its branches.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pitchiness
释义	pitchinessn. Brit. /ˈpɪtʃɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpɪtʃinᵻs/ Forms: 1500s pitchines, 1500s pitchinesse, 1700s– pitchiness. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pitchy adj.¹, -ness suffix. Etymology: < pitchy adj.¹ + -ness suffix. The quality of being pitchy; intense darkness; (now esp.) the quality of containing or exuding pitch. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > intense darkness shadow of deathc1050 pitchiness1598 shade of deatha1616 pitch darkness1769 the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > [noun] > typical blackness > as pitch pitchiness1598 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Tenebrosità, darkenes, obscuritie, pitchinesse. 1780 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. II Pitchiness, blackness, darkness. 1807 A. Young Gen. View Agric. Essex I. i. 6 The pitchiness of the soil making it stick like glue. 1896 Littell's Living Age 25 July 207/2 The doctor gazes intently down into the darkness into which the top cage has sunk, as if he could seen anything in that awful pitchiness. 1914 H. F. Weiss Preservation Structural Timber x. 178 The posts are very liable to catch on fire, if ground fires are common, because of the pitchiness of the wood. 1926 National Program Forest Res. (Soc. Amer. Foresters) 76 There may be other forms of immunity [to insect pests]..which may only be a question of the size and pitchiness of buds. 1961 N. D. Gershevsky tr. S. P. Suslow Physical Geogr. iii. x. 357 Forest fires spread rapidly in it [sc. Microbiota decussata] because of the intense pitchiness of its branches. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598
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