similarnessn.
/ˈsɪm(ᵻ)lənəs/, U.S. /ˈsɪm(ə)lərnəs/ Now rare.
Similarity.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [noun]
anlikenessOE
ylikenessOE
likenessa1250
likeliheada1393
resemblancea1393
likeliness?a1425
similitudec1425
semblingc1440
alikenessc1450
assemblance1485
agreement1495
likelihood1495
agreeance1525
analogy1542
simility1543
semblablenessc1550
semblance1576
nearness1577
vicinity1594
simile1604
assimilation1605
consimilitude1610
parity1612
bly1615
similarity1615
connaturality1621
similiancy1622
connaturalnessa1628
reasemblance1638
consimilarity1658
similariness1669
similarness1670
consimility1680
kindredship1733
family likeness1759
family resemblance1785
cognateness1816
feel1892
1670 W. Simpson Hydrol. Ess. 104 The main Objection..against the identity or similarness of this Artificial, with the Natural Sulphur Water.
1683 T. Beverley Princ. Protestant Truth 60 He assayed by the continuity and similarness of the one with the other, to intwine..those Natural Principles with Christianity.
1733 L. Twells Suppl. Vindic. Gospel St. Matthew 23 The Hebraisms in their Stile, and particularly, the Similarness of the 3d Epistle of St. John..to the genuine Works of the Evangelist.
a1758 J. Edwards Wks. (1829) I. App. 695 All beauty consists in similarness or identity of relation.
1865 ‘A. Ward’ Travels ii. ii. 105 The audience remarked ‘shame onto me’, & other statements of the same similarness.
1996 Computing Canada 10 Oct. 40/2 What if instead of associating reuse with sameness..we switch to ‘similarness’?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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