prettinessn.

Brit.

/ˈprɪtɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈprɪdinᵻs/

Forms: 1500s prattynesse, 1600s pretines, 1600s prettines, 1600s prettinesse, 1600s prettynes, 1600s prettyness, 1600s– prettiness.

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

Etymology: < pretty adj. + -ness suffix.

1. Beauty of a delicate, dainty, slight, or superficial kind, without stateliness; attractiveness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > prettiness

prettiness1530

pretty1616

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 257/2 Prattynesse, mignonnerie.

1617 W. B. tr. Juvenal That Which Seemes Best is Worst sig. C6^v To catch this prettinesse [sc. of a fair-faced boy] such baits are laid, As alwaies make the parents hearts afraid.

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme ii. ix. 80 There being..that Majesty and Statelinesse, as in the Lyon, the Horse, the Eagle and Cock; or that grave Awfullnesse, as in..Mastives; or Elegancy and Prettinesse, as in your lesser Dogs, and most sorts of Birds, all which are severall Modes of Beauty.

a1667 A. Cowley Several Disc. by Way of Ess., Verse & Prose 121 in Wks. (1668) If I were ever to fall in love again..it would be, I think, with Prettiness, rather than with Majestical Beauty.

1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 190 Tis vast Impertinence in an Old Woman, to think to set up for Prettiness.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Prettiness, beauty without dignity, neat elegance without elevation.

1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 320 With all the prettiness of feigned alarm, And anger insignificantly fierce.

1832 W. Irving Alhambra II. 13 A neatness, a grace, and an all-pervading prettiness, that were perfectly fascinating.

1874 J. Fergusson in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 755 The vigour of the crude colouring..of the staircase at Cardiff stands in strange contrast with the feeble prettiness of Worcester Chapel.

1929 A. Huxley Holy Face 2 The prettiness, the cosy sublimities of the Lake District.

1992 L. Gordon Shared Lives ii. 9 Mrs Gevint was a pretty woman, with rosy colour and tight-curled hair, but a shy and abject manner obscured her prettiness.

2001 P. D. James Death in Holy Orders (2002) 103 While good looks and prettiness were benisons, beauty was a dangerous and less amenable gift.

†2.

a. Pleasantness, agreeableness. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun]

lustfulnessa900

sweetnessc900

sootnessc1000

unloathfulnessc1350

sugarc1374

pleasancec1395

agreeability?c1400

dulcourc1429

pleasure1497

pleasantnessa1500

douceness1518

dulceness?1526

dulcetness1528

pleasancy1545

ungrieffulness1556

acceptableness1565

rose water1584

pleasingnessa1586

amenity?1591

pleasing1591

acceptance1594

suavity1594

prettiness1604

jucundity1620

dulcity1623

pleasurableness1626

agreeablenessa1631

placency1639

acceptability1647

dulce1654

amicableness1667

pleasurability1793

niceness1809

dulciness1828

enjoyableness1868

Gemütlichkeit1892

sweetness and light1927

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 187 Thought and afflictions, passion, hell it selfe She turnes to fauour and to prettines.

1633 R. Gomersall Poems 28 To see the prettinesse of action, Of State imployment.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1658 (1955) III. 208 He [sc. a child] was all life, all prettinesse, far from morose, sullen, or childish in any thing he said or did.

b. Cleverness; amusingness. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [noun]

i-witc888

anyitOE

understandinga1050

ferec1175

skillwisenessa1200

quaintisec1300

brainc1325

cunning1340

reder1340

cunningnessa1400

sentencec1400

intelligence?1435

speculation1471

ingeny1474

cunningheadc1475

capacity1485

pregnancyc1487

dexterity1527

pregnance?1533

shift1542

wittiness1543

ingeniousness1555

conceitedness1576

pate1598

conceit1604

ingeniosity1607

dexterousness1622

talent1622

ingenuousness1628

solertiousnessa1649

ingenuity1651

partedness1654

brightness1655

solerty1656

prettiness1674

long head1694

long lega1705

cleverness1755

smartness1800

cleverality1828

brain power1832

knowledgeability1834

braininess1876

cerebrality1901

1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick 90 The prettiness of the Knack was that Master Docter who denyed strong-beer to his two Patients..was almost angry with his servant for not quickly bringing up a Cup of the Best-beer to quench his thirst.

a. Charm or attractiveness of expression or style (esp. of a trivial, superficial or affected kind).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > studied prettiness of style

prettiness1610

prettyism1789

mince1885

1610 E. Bolton Elements of Armories vii. 44 Paracovsii, naked King of Plate, had such [Armes, or Armories], which for the rude, and strange prettinesse therof deserues here to be viewd.

1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 118 There is more prettiness in the Expression, than truth in the Notion.

1753 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 15 Jan. (1932) (modernized text) V. 1994 Most maxim-mongers have preferred the prettiness to the justness of a thought.

1792 S. T. Coleridge Let. 13 Feb. (1956) I. 28 I cannot forbear filling..this sheet with an Odeling—tho' I know and approve your aversion to mere prettiness.

1852 A. Jameson Legends Madonna 13 We have merely inane prettiness.

1898 Daily Chron. 8 Oct. 4/7 ‘Eyes raised towards heaven are always fine eyes’ may have a sort of ‘keepsake’ prettiness, but is really not common sense.

1938 Burlington Mag. Jan. 44/1 Even in old Siena..there were, not only pagan painters, but also pseudo-religious artists..who substituted prettiness for piety.

1991–2 Opera Q. Winter 109 The Bolshoi performance is undercut by an air of flaccid routine, by its pictorial prettiness.

b. A well-formed or pretty phrase or expression; an instance of pretty phrasing.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > studied prettiness of style > instance of

prettiness1660

prettyism1789

1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness v. xiv. 172 The learned Hugo Grotius..the ingenuities and prettinesses of whose expositions had almost imposed upon my self to a belief that there might be some such sense also of the Revelation as he drives at.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 474. ⁋4 Their distinguishing Mark is certain Prettinesses of Foreign Languages, the Meaning of which they could have better express'd in their own.

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. lxxi. 276 He..uttered a thousand prettinesses in the way of compliment.

a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1851) 4th Ser. 258/2 To lard a good story with prettinesses, were like periwigging and powdering the Apollo Belvidere.

1887 Leeds Mercury 8 Jan. 10/1 A scholar who delights in the delicacies and prettinesses of scholarship.

1971 Daily Tel. 31 Mar. 14/4 The play..was a-flutter with unexpected prettinesses.

1990 C. N. Manlove in O. H. Saciuk Shape of Fantastic 53 The best fantasies sprang from the total being and vision of the writer and were not merely providers of thrills, escapes, or elvish prettinesses.

4. A pretty object, feature, act, etc.; an ornament, a decoration.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > prettiness > pretty thing

prettiness1649

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > cheap or gaudy > gewgaw or trinket

baublec1330

gaudc1430

gayc1475

strincate1489

trim-tram1523

gewgawa1529

trinketa1533

toy1548

gaudy1555

baublery1583

trinkilo1631

jingle-jangle1640

prettiness1649

trinkum1665

knacka1677

knick-knack1682

trinkum-trankum1699

knick-knacket1793

knick-knackery1812

trankum1819

gaw1822

pretty1882

trinklet1897

mathom1954

tchotchke1968

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar §10 Receiving and ministring respectively, perpetual prettinesses of love, and fondnesse.

1680 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence xvii. 54 I ever had a Noble Affection for that Excellent Sex, as great Instruments of good, and the prettinesses of Society.

1780 W. Beckford Biogr. Mem. Painters 128 Gerard Dow..was equally pleased, when he saw him moving about with all due circumspection, and noticing his little prettinesses at every step.

1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 47 All this and a thousand amusing prettinesses..does my beautiful greyhound perform.

1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. i. 2 The prettinesses of Somersetshire are among those which are the least known.

1893 R. C. Praed Outlaw & Lawmaker I. 62 It was always Elsie who did the prettinesses..whether it was in our ball dresses or our parlour.

1911 G. H. West Gothic Archit. vi. 262 The Flamboyant style..lasted on till the fleeting coruscation of the Italian expedition of Charles VIII replaced it by the Renaissance prettinesses which his nobles brought back with them.

2002 Daily Mail (Nexis) 9 Nov. 18 [In wartime] much of the colour and small prettinesses that we take for granted vanished.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prettiness
释义	prettinessn. Brit. /ˈprɪtɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈprɪdinᵻs/ Forms: 1500s prattynesse, 1600s pretines, 1600s prettines, 1600s prettinesse, 1600s prettynes, 1600s prettyness, 1600s– prettiness. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pretty adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < pretty adj. + -ness suffix. 1. Beauty of a delicate, dainty, slight, or superficial kind, without stateliness; attractiveness. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > prettiness prettiness1530 pretty1616 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 257/2 Prattynesse, mignonnerie. 1617 W. B. tr. Juvenal That Which Seemes Best is Worst sig. C6^v To catch this prettinesse [sc. of a fair-faced boy] such baits are laid, As alwaies make the parents hearts afraid. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme ii. ix. 80 There being..that Majesty and Statelinesse, as in the Lyon, the Horse, the Eagle and Cock; or that grave Awfullnesse, as in..Mastives; or Elegancy and Prettinesse, as in your lesser Dogs, and most sorts of Birds, all which are severall Modes of Beauty. a1667 A. Cowley Several Disc. by Way of Ess., Verse & Prose 121 in Wks. (1668) If I were ever to fall in love again..it would be, I think, with Prettiness, rather than with Majestical Beauty. 1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 190 Tis vast Impertinence in an Old Woman, to think to set up for Prettiness. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Prettiness, beauty without dignity, neat elegance without elevation. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 320 With all the prettiness of feigned alarm, And anger insignificantly fierce. 1832 W. Irving Alhambra II. 13 A neatness, a grace, and an all-pervading prettiness, that were perfectly fascinating. 1874 J. Fergusson in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 755 The vigour of the crude colouring..of the staircase at Cardiff stands in strange contrast with the feeble prettiness of Worcester Chapel. 1929 A. Huxley Holy Face 2 The prettiness, the cosy sublimities of the Lake District. 1992 L. Gordon Shared Lives ii. 9 Mrs Gevint was a pretty woman, with rosy colour and tight-curled hair, but a shy and abject manner obscured her prettiness. 2001 P. D. James Death in Holy Orders (2002) 103 While good looks and prettiness were benisons, beauty was a dangerous and less amenable gift. †2. a. Pleasantness, agreeableness. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] lustfulnessa900 sweetnessc900 sootnessc1000 unloathfulnessc1350 sugarc1374 pleasancec1395 agreeability?c1400 dulcourc1429 pleasure1497 pleasantnessa1500 douceness1518 dulceness?1526 dulcetness1528 pleasancy1545 ungrieffulness1556 acceptableness1565 rose water1584 pleasingnessa1586 amenity?1591 pleasing1591 acceptance1594 suavity1594 prettiness1604 jucundity1620 dulcity1623 pleasurableness1626 agreeablenessa1631 placency1639 acceptability1647 dulce1654 amicableness1667 pleasurability1793 niceness1809 dulciness1828 enjoyableness1868 Gemütlichkeit1892 sweetness and light1927 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 187 Thought and afflictions, passion, hell it selfe She turnes to fauour and to prettines. 1633 R. Gomersall Poems 28 To see the prettinesse of action, Of State imployment. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1658 (1955) III. 208 He [sc. a child] was all life, all prettinesse, far from morose, sullen, or childish in any thing he said or did. b. Cleverness; amusingness. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [noun] i-witc888 anyitOE understandinga1050 ferec1175 skillwisenessa1200 quaintisec1300 brainc1325 cunning1340 reder1340 cunningnessa1400 sentencec1400 intelligence?1435 speculation1471 ingeny1474 cunningheadc1475 capacity1485 pregnancyc1487 dexterity1527 pregnance?1533 shift1542 wittiness1543 ingeniousness1555 conceitedness1576 pate1598 conceit1604 ingeniosity1607 dexterousness1622 talent1622 ingenuousness1628 solertiousnessa1649 ingenuity1651 partedness1654 brightness1655 solerty1656 prettiness1674 long head1694 long lega1705 cleverness1755 smartness1800 cleverality1828 brain power1832 knowledgeability1834 braininess1876 cerebrality1901 1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick 90 The prettiness of the Knack was that Master Docter who denyed strong-beer to his two Patients..was almost angry with his servant for not quickly bringing up a Cup of the Best-beer to quench his thirst. 3. a. Charm or attractiveness of expression or style (esp. of a trivial, superficial or affected kind). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > studied prettiness of style prettiness1610 prettyism1789 mince1885 1610 E. Bolton Elements of Armories vii. 44 Paracovsii, naked King of Plate, had such [Armes, or Armories], which for the rude, and strange prettinesse therof deserues here to be viewd. 1690 J. Norris Christian Blessedness 118 There is more prettiness in the Expression, than truth in the Notion. 1753 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 15 Jan. (1932) (modernized text) V. 1994 Most maxim-mongers have preferred the prettiness to the justness of a thought. 1792 S. T. Coleridge Let. 13 Feb. (1956) I. 28 I cannot forbear filling..this sheet with an Odeling—tho' I know and approve your aversion to mere prettiness. 1852 A. Jameson Legends Madonna 13 We have merely inane prettiness. 1898 Daily Chron. 8 Oct. 4/7 ‘Eyes raised towards heaven are always fine eyes’ may have a sort of ‘keepsake’ prettiness, but is really not common sense. 1938 Burlington Mag. Jan. 44/1 Even in old Siena..there were, not only pagan painters, but also pseudo-religious artists..who substituted prettiness for piety. 1991–2 Opera Q. Winter 109 The Bolshoi performance is undercut by an air of flaccid routine, by its pictorial prettiness. b. A well-formed or pretty phrase or expression; an instance of pretty phrasing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > studied prettiness of style > instance of prettiness1660 prettyism1789 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness v. xiv. 172 The learned Hugo Grotius..the ingenuities and prettinesses of whose expositions had almost imposed upon my self to a belief that there might be some such sense also of the Revelation as he drives at. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 474. ⁋4 Their distinguishing Mark is certain Prettinesses of Foreign Languages, the Meaning of which they could have better express'd in their own. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. lxxi. 276 He..uttered a thousand prettinesses in the way of compliment. a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1851) 4th Ser. 258/2 To lard a good story with prettinesses, were like periwigging and powdering the Apollo Belvidere. 1887 Leeds Mercury 8 Jan. 10/1 A scholar who delights in the delicacies and prettinesses of scholarship. 1971 Daily Tel. 31 Mar. 14/4 The play..was a-flutter with unexpected prettinesses. 1990 C. N. Manlove in O. H. Saciuk Shape of Fantastic 53 The best fantasies sprang from the total being and vision of the writer and were not merely providers of thrills, escapes, or elvish prettinesses. 4. A pretty object, feature, act, etc.; an ornament, a decoration. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > prettiness > pretty thing prettiness1649 the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > cheap or gaudy > gewgaw or trinket baublec1330 gaudc1430 gayc1475 strincate1489 trim-tram1523 gewgawa1529 trinketa1533 toy1548 gaudy1555 baublery1583 trinkilo1631 jingle-jangle1640 prettiness1649 trinkum1665 knacka1677 knick-knack1682 trinkum-trankum1699 knick-knacket1793 knick-knackery1812 trankum1819 gaw1822 pretty1882 trinklet1897 mathom1954 tchotchke1968 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar §10 Receiving and ministring respectively, perpetual prettinesses of love, and fondnesse. 1680 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence xvii. 54 I ever had a Noble Affection for that Excellent Sex, as great Instruments of good, and the prettinesses of Society. 1780 W. Beckford Biogr. Mem. Painters 128 Gerard Dow..was equally pleased, when he saw him moving about with all due circumspection, and noticing his little prettinesses at every step. 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 47 All this and a thousand amusing prettinesses..does my beautiful greyhound perform. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate I. i. 2 The prettinesses of Somersetshire are among those which are the least known. 1893 R. C. Praed Outlaw & Lawmaker I. 62 It was always Elsie who did the prettinesses..whether it was in our ball dresses or our parlour. 1911 G. H. West Gothic Archit. vi. 262 The Flamboyant style..lasted on till the fleeting coruscation of the Italian expedition of Charles VIII replaced it by the Renaissance prettinesses which his nobles brought back with them. 2002 Daily Mail (Nexis) 9 Nov. 18 [In wartime] much of the colour and small prettinesses that we take for granted vanished. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1530
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