sisterlinessn.

Brit.

/ˈsɪstəlɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈsɪstərlinᵻs/

Forms: 1700s– sisterliness, 1900s– sisterlyness.

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

Etymology: < sisterly adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier unsisterliness n.

The quality of being sisterly; esp. sisterly affection or loyalty; (also) an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > love between kinsmen > quality of being sisterly

sisterliness1780

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > sister > [noun] > sisterly quality

sisterliness1780

sistership1793

1780 W. Shaw Galic & Eng. Dict. I Piutharalachd, sisterliness.

1863 Harper's Mag. Aug. 846/1 With a compassionate and modest, but..by no means timid sisterliness, Helen Talfourd said to me, ‘I am strong, may I offer you my arm?’

1879 G. Meredith Egoist II. xi. 232 An elegant sisterliness, one might almost say.

1949 S. Lewis God-seeker li. 345 Don't fool yourself about her sisterliness. That's another piece of her holy play-acting.

1984 Rev. Eng. Stud. 35 580 The close sisterliness she [sc. Virginia Woolf] felt for Vanessa is seen as a major theme.

2001 Guardian (Nexis) 16 Apr. 13 We towered above dozens of bare-midriffed 14-year-olds in the popcorn line, all radiating an exuberant sisterliness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sisterliness
释义	sisterlinessn. Brit. /ˈsɪstəlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈsɪstərlinᵻs/ Forms: 1700s– sisterliness, 1900s– sisterlyness. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sisterly adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < sisterly adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier unsisterliness n. The quality of being sisterly; esp. sisterly affection or loyalty; (also) an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > love between kinsmen > quality of being sisterly sisterliness1780 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > sister > [noun] > sisterly quality sisterliness1780 sistership1793 1780 W. Shaw Galic & Eng. Dict. I Piutharalachd, sisterliness. 1863 Harper's Mag. Aug. 846/1 With a compassionate and modest, but..by no means timid sisterliness, Helen Talfourd said to me, ‘I am strong, may I offer you my arm?’ 1879 G. Meredith Egoist II. xi. 232 An elegant sisterliness, one might almost say. 1949 S. Lewis God-seeker li. 345 Don't fool yourself about her sisterliness. That's another piece of her holy play-acting. 1984 Rev. Eng. Stud. 35 580 The close sisterliness she [sc. Virginia Woolf] felt for Vanessa is seen as a major theme. 2001 Guardian (Nexis) 16 Apr. 13 We towered above dozens of bare-midriffed 14-year-olds in the popcorn line, all radiating an exuberant sisterliness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1780
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