单词 | procerity |
释义 | procerityn. Now rare. Tallness, loftiness, height; length. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] longitude?a1425 grandeurc1500 tallness1535 procerity1550 pre-eminence1589 celsitude1678 properness1706 1550 H. Latimer Moste Faithfull Serm. before Kynges Maiestye sig. Biiv They were Gyantes for their cruelty..and not in stature or proceritye of bodye. 1604 W. Tooker Of Fabrique of Church 13 All trees are not of one growth or proceritie. 1647 J. Hall Poems i. 36 [Thou] Com'st as near a wit, as doth a Rat Match in procerity Mount Ararat. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. vi. 173 At 5 Years of age in an ordinary growth the procerity is half of that which will be attained at full age. 1715 S. Switzer Nobleman, Gentleman, & Gardener's Recreation vi. 121 And with this I shall conclude what I had to say as to the Progress of Roots in the Ground, and the Ascension of Sap in the Growth, Procerity, and Fertility of Trees. 1756 S. Johnson Mem. King of Prussia in Lit. Mag. Oct.–Nov. 327 When he met a tall woman, he immediately commanded one of his Titanian retinue to marry her, that they might propagate procerity. 1826 C. Lamb in New Monthly Mag. 16 225 His insufferable procerity of stature, and uncorresponding dwarfishness of observation. 1864 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. IV. 448 A cubit taller than any of his companions, and rendered even more remarkable by his beauty than his procerity. 1902 Times 11 Jan. 14/2 It was half a century since he, a lad of unusual procerity for his age, attended the school and was nicknamed ‘rasher of wind’. 2000 Daily Rec. (Scotl.) (Nexis) 15 Jan. 15 If it's height, tallness, stature, procerity or prominence you're after, then I'm your man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1550 |
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