rednessn.

Brit.

/ˈrɛdnəs/, U.S.

/ˈrɛdnəs/

Forms: see red adj. and n. and -ness suffix; also Old English reinysse (transmission error).

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

Etymology: < red adj. + -ness suffix. With sense 2 compare red adj. 18.

1. The quality or state of being red or reddish; red colour; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun]

rednesseOE

rudOE

red?c1225

ruddya1387

ruddinessa1398

gulesa1400

rothumc1400

ruddeningc1400

ruddonc1400

rouge1437

rubor?a1450

rossome1527

Mars1572

rubedinousness1599

reddiness1611

scarletness1611

rubetude1657

floridity1713

erubescence1736

floridness1776

fiery1847

raddle1860

eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iv. xxi. 322 Me nu for golde & for gimmum of swiran forð hlifað seo readnis [L. rubor] & bryne þæs swiles & wærces.

OE Blickling Homilies 7 Seo readnes þære rosan lixeþ on þe.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 15 Þere is also plente of schellefische þat me dyeþ wiþ reed fyn; þe redenesse [?a1475 anon. tr. reddenesse] þerof is wonder fyn and stable.

?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) i. pr. i. l. 88 Schewyng by redenesse [L. rubore] hir schame þei passeden sorowfuly þe þreschefolde.

c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 204 (MED) Whyt milk it [sc. blood] bicometh whan it is soden and the rednesse goth al awey.

1485 W. Caxton tr. Lyf St. Wenefryde 4 A lytil redenes in maner of a threde wente aboute the neck.

a1500 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Wellcome) f. 32^v (MED) This medecyne is good to het and to rednes and to mony sekenes of þe eyen.

?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe ii. f. vi A disease called Gutta rosacea, or copperface in englysh..is an excessyue rednes about the nose.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 72 Where blood aboundeth..a rosie rednesse mingleth it selfe with the white.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 220 Towards winter they wax kipper,..and loose both their rednesse and taste.

1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 374 Uneasiness from dryness and redness of the Face.

a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 25 Fresh fish in general may be judged by the redness of their gills.

1776 B. Higgins Philos. Ess. Light I. xi. 79 Phlogistic compounds which may be heated to redness without being vaporated.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Charles I i, in Wks. (1870) II. 376 We see the redness of the torches Inflame the night.

1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha xxii. 294 The evening sun descending Set the clouds on fire with redness.

1885 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 10 87 A small blister, which subsided in a day or two leaving only a redness of the skin.

1922 J. Thurber Let. 4 Apr. (2002) 85 Her eyes rimmed with the redness of much crying.

1976 Lancs. Evening Post 7 Dec. 3/9 He grabbed witness by the collar, causing scratches to the neck and redness.

2006 Smithsonian July 84/2 This ‘pineapple’ strawberry..inherited hardiness, sharp flavor and redness.

2. The state or quality of being politically left-wing (see red adj. 18); support of socialist or communist ideas.In the People's Republic of China under Chairman Mao Zedong, ‘redness’, or the fact of being actively supportive of Revolutionary ideology, was contrasted with and upheld to be preferable to ‘expertness’ (see quot. 1975).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [noun] > the left > attitudes of

leftism1880

redness1923

leftishness1935

leftwardness1938

left-wingery1939

1923 Times 5 Mar. 9/4 In the House of Commons many petitions have lately been presented by members directed towards an investigation of the teaching known to be given in Sunday schools of varying shades of ‘redness’.

1934 W. Lewis Communist Abroad in Creatures of Habit (1989) 211 John Dos Passos is to the manner born all right—political redness is in his blood—Portuguese, Spinozistic, Sephardic.

1975 I. C. Y. Hsü Rise of Mod. China (ed. 2) xxvi. 796 The government in 1957 initiated a ‘socialist education movement’ among the industrial and agrarian population... The importance of ‘redness’, i.e., ideology over expertise, was very much emphasized.

2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 28 May a22/4 I hear more and more people here in the United States, regardless of their purported blueness or redness, express cynicism about our country.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	redness
释义	rednessn. Brit. /ˈrɛdnəs/, U.S. /ˈrɛdnəs/ Forms: see red adj. and n. and -ness suffix; also Old English reinysse (transmission error). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: red adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < red adj. + -ness suffix. With sense 2 compare red adj. 18. 1. The quality or state of being red or reddish; red colour; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] rednesseOE rudOE red?c1225 ruddya1387 ruddinessa1398 gulesa1400 rothumc1400 ruddeningc1400 ruddonc1400 rouge1437 rubor?a1450 rossome1527 Mars1572 rubedinousness1599 reddiness1611 scarletness1611 rubetude1657 floridity1713 erubescence1736 floridness1776 fiery1847 raddle1860 eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iv. xxi. 322 Me nu for golde & for gimmum of swiran forð hlifað seo readnis [L. rubor] & bryne þæs swiles & wærces. OE Blickling Homilies 7 Seo readnes þære rosan lixeþ on þe. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 15 Þere is also plente of schellefische þat me dyeþ wiþ reed fyn; þe redenesse [?a1475 anon. tr. reddenesse] þerof is wonder fyn and stable. ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) i. pr. i. l. 88 Schewyng by redenesse [L. rubore] hir schame þei passeden sorowfuly þe þreschefolde. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 204 (MED) Whyt milk it [sc. blood] bicometh whan it is soden and the rednesse goth al awey. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Lyf St. Wenefryde 4 A lytil redenes in maner of a threde wente aboute the neck. a1500 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Wellcome) f. 32^v (MED) This medecyne is good to het and to rednes and to mony sekenes of þe eyen. ?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe ii. f. vi A disease called Gutta rosacea, or copperface in englysh..is an excessyue rednes about the nose. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 72 Where blood aboundeth..a rosie rednesse mingleth it selfe with the white. 1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 220 Towards winter they wax kipper,..and loose both their rednesse and taste. 1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 374 Uneasiness from dryness and redness of the Face. a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 25 Fresh fish in general may be judged by the redness of their gills. 1776 B. Higgins Philos. Ess. Light I. xi. 79 Phlogistic compounds which may be heated to redness without being vaporated. a1822 P. B. Shelley Charles I i, in Wks. (1870) II. 376 We see the redness of the torches Inflame the night. 1855 H. W. Longfellow Hiawatha xxii. 294 The evening sun descending Set the clouds on fire with redness. 1885 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 10 87 A small blister, which subsided in a day or two leaving only a redness of the skin. 1922 J. Thurber Let. 4 Apr. (2002) 85 Her eyes rimmed with the redness of much crying. 1976 Lancs. Evening Post 7 Dec. 3/9 He grabbed witness by the collar, causing scratches to the neck and redness. 2006 Smithsonian July 84/2 This ‘pineapple’ strawberry..inherited hardiness, sharp flavor and redness. 2. The state or quality of being politically left-wing (see red adj. 18); support of socialist or communist ideas.In the People's Republic of China under Chairman Mao Zedong, ‘redness’, or the fact of being actively supportive of Revolutionary ideology, was contrasted with and upheld to be preferable to ‘expertness’ (see quot. 1975). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [noun] > the left > attitudes of leftism1880 redness1923 leftishness1935 leftwardness1938 left-wingery1939 1923 Times 5 Mar. 9/4 In the House of Commons many petitions have lately been presented by members directed towards an investigation of the teaching known to be given in Sunday schools of varying shades of ‘redness’. 1934 W. Lewis Communist Abroad in Creatures of Habit (1989) 211 John Dos Passos is to the manner born all right—political redness is in his blood—Portuguese, Spinozistic, Sephardic. 1975 I. C. Y. Hsü Rise of Mod. China (ed. 2) xxvi. 796 The government in 1957 initiated a ‘socialist education movement’ among the industrial and agrarian population... The importance of ‘redness’, i.e., ideology over expertise, was very much emphasized. 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 28 May a22/4 I hear more and more people here in the United States, regardless of their purported blueness or redness, express cynicism about our country. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOE
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