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单词 seriosity
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seriosityn.

Brit. /ˌsɪərɪˈɒsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌsɪriˈɑsədi/
Forms: 1600s– seriosity; also Scottish pre-1700 seriositee.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin seriositas.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin seriositas (14th cent.) < seriosus serious adj.2 + classical Latin -tās (see -ty suffix1; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French or French †sériosité (a1614). Compare earlier seriouste n.
1. The quality or state of being serious, now esp. in a pompous or affected way; (excessive) seriousness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [noun]
earnestOE
sadnessc1350
serious1440
seriouste1440
demurity1483
seriosity?a1505
gravity1509
demureness?1518
seriousness1530
solemness1530
sobriety1548
staidness1561
graveness1577
gravidad1641
earnestness1670
substantialness1683
solemnity1712
smilelessness1844
unsmilingness1873
humourlessness1890
straightfacedness1982
a1505 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice l. 424 in Poems (1981) 146 Gude moralitee, Rycht full of frute and seriositee.
1637 J. Bastwick Letany i. 6 It would..move laughter to men though disposed otherwise to seriosity.
1745 Gentlemen's Mag. Sept. 489/1 But methinks I have already enough of this seriosity upon a subject which..never could have risen but thro' our folly.
1837 Fraser's Mag. 16 284 If I may claim from my reader a moment's seriosity, I will explain.
1903 Academy 21 Feb. 168/1 Laugh! Few things are worthy of seriosity.
1970 N.Y. Mag. 21 Sept. 20/1 (advt.) It is a good thing that at least one major magazine dares to be fair... No posturing seriosity. Just balance.
1994 S. Pinker Lang. Instinct v. 137 The words have an air of heaviosity and seriosity about them, making the style an easy target for parody.
2. A piece of seriousness; a serious utterance, expression, statement, etc. Cf. jocosity n. b. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > serious saying, dictum > [noun]
dictate1582
dictumc1586
sententiosity1646
seriosity1728
sententiary1843
1728 N. Amhurst Twickenham Hotch-potch 1 (heading) Seriosities and comicalities by way of hotch-potch.
1823 Monthly Rev. Feb. 178 When..serious personages become novel-writers, it is the duty of those poor critics..to animadvert on misplaced seriosities (as somebody called them).
1893 C. G. Leland Memoirs I. 288 Painfully elaborating jocosities or seriosities for the million.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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