plausiblenessn.

Brit.

/ˈplɔːzᵻblnəs/, U.S.

/ˈplɔzəb(ə)lnəs/,

/ˈplɑzəb(ə)lnəs/

Forms: see plausible adj. and -ness suffix.

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

Etymology: < plausible adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier plausibility n.

The quality of being plausible; plausibility.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > specious quality

colourableness1571

plausibleness1598

speciosity1608

seemingness1640

plausibility1649

speciousness1665

meretriciousness1727

meretricious1837

1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Andria i. i, in Terence in Eng. 9 Now a daies, plausiblenes gaines friends, and truth gets foes [L. obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit].

1681 W. Temple Mem. iii, in Wks. (1731) I. 350 The Generality of the House of Commons were carried..with the Plausibleness of the Thing.

1705 S. Clarke Being & Attrib. God ix. 139 It might have been Objected with much more Plausibleness, that the Supreme Cause cannot be Free.

1777 J. Nicolson & R. Burn Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland II. 270 Thomas Merks..made a long speech, wherein he alledged every thing that could with any plausibleness be said for the king deposed and against the king on the throne.

1833 Times 14 May 6/2 There is in the humour of Falstaff a mixture of the ludicrous with the grave—an unctuous plausibleness in the art of lying—a glaring speciousness in every look.

1885 Atlantic Monthly June 795/2 She..strengthened her judgements much oftener by force of character than by plausibleness of reasoning or satisfactoriness of logic.

1958 H. F. Davis in L. Bouyer Newman Pref. p. xii The sincerity of the non-Catholic and the plausibleness of his case—a case wrong rather by its incompleteness than by its positive error.

1984 French Rev. 57 909 The narrator..avers to the plausibleness of these events.

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

单词	plausibleness
释义	plausiblenessn. Brit. /ˈplɔːzᵻblnəs/, U.S. /ˈplɔzəb(ə)lnəs/, /ˈplɑzəb(ə)lnəs/ Forms: see plausible adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plausible adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < plausible adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier plausibility n. The quality of being plausible; plausibility. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > specious quality colourableness1571 plausibleness1598 speciosity1608 seemingness1640 plausibility1649 speciousness1665 meretriciousness1727 meretricious1837 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Andria i. i, in Terence in Eng. 9 Now a daies, plausiblenes gaines friends, and truth gets foes [L. obsequium amicos, veritas odium parit]. 1681 W. Temple Mem. iii, in Wks. (1731) I. 350 The Generality of the House of Commons were carried..with the Plausibleness of the Thing. 1705 S. Clarke Being & Attrib. God ix. 139 It might have been Objected with much more Plausibleness, that the Supreme Cause cannot be Free. 1777 J. Nicolson & R. Burn Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland II. 270 Thomas Merks..made a long speech, wherein he alledged every thing that could with any plausibleness be said for the king deposed and against the king on the throne. 1833 Times 14 May 6/2 There is in the humour of Falstaff a mixture of the ludicrous with the grave—an unctuous plausibleness in the art of lying—a glaring speciousness in every look. 1885 Atlantic Monthly June 795/2 She..strengthened her judgements much oftener by force of character than by plausibleness of reasoning or satisfactoriness of logic. 1958 H. F. Davis in L. Bouyer Newman Pref. p. xii The sincerity of the non-Catholic and the plausibleness of his case—a case wrong rather by its incompleteness than by its positive error. 1984 French Rev. 57 909 The narrator..avers to the plausibleness of these events. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1598
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