单词 | restrainedness |
释义 | restrainednessn. The quality or state of being restrained.Apparently unattested in the 17th and 18th centuries. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > [noun] > condition of being restrained restrainedness1571 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxii. 8) i. f. 235v/2 A certeine peevish restreynednesse [L. restrictio]..casteth them at last into despayre. 1853 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 20 388 An enthusiasm which contrasts with the usual restrainedness of his style. 1886 W. J. Knox Little Hopes & Decisions Passion most Holy Redeemer iv. 78 Let us ask ourselves,..with all the force and restrainedness of common-sense, what it is we mean by ‘Glory’. 1966 School Rev. 74 222 ‘Vitality’—composed of ‘freeness’ versus ‘restrainedness’. 1993 B. Jakim tr. S. L. Frank Man's Soul ii. vii. 262 What at first glance appears to be the effect of the body on the soul is in essence..the soul's inner reaction to its restrainedness and weakness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1571 |
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