shapelinessn.

Brit.

/ˈʃeɪplɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈʃeɪplinᵻs/

Etymology: < shapely adj. + -ness suffix.

The condition of being shapely.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > beauty of shape or form > [noun]

shapea1382

shapeliness1388

well-shape?c1430

makdom1488

decentness1561

feature1595

symmetry1601

decency1610

garba1652

1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) Ps. xliv. 5 Biholde thou in thi schaplynesse.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Song of Sol. v. 15 His schapplinesse [1382 fairnesse] is as of the Liban.

1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang.

1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. vii. 140 The shapeliness of the lime and horse-chesnut.

1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard i. i. 23 True, a goodly man. What shapeliness and state he hath.

1884 J. R. Seeley in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 497 When we speak of Goethe as having created the literature of Germany, do we mean that he brought it back from wildness to Greek shapeliness and decorum?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	shapeliness
释义	shapelinessn. Brit. /ˈʃeɪplɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈʃeɪplinᵻs/ Etymology: < shapely adj. + -ness suffix. The condition of being shapely. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > beauty of shape or form > [noun] shapea1382 shapeliness1388 well-shape?c1430 makdom1488 decentness1561 feature1595 symmetry1601 decency1610 garba1652 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) Ps. xliv. 5 Biholde thou in thi schaplynesse. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Song of Sol. v. 15 His schapplinesse [1382 fairnesse] is as of the Liban. 1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. 1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. vii. 140 The shapeliness of the lime and horse-chesnut. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard i. i. 23 True, a goodly man. What shapeliness and state he hath. 1884 J. R. Seeley in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 497 When we speak of Goethe as having created the literature of Germany, do we mean that he brought it back from wildness to Greek shapeliness and decorum? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1388
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