slimnessn.

/ˈslɪmnɪs/

Etymology: < slim adj. + -ness suffix.

1. Slenderness; (graceful) thinness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > state of having

smallnessa1387

gentilessec1405

slendernessa1538

gracility1623

slimness1727

slightness1788

jimpness1885

petiteness1887

1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II

1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 115 The slimness of their bodies, and great length of tail.

1816 J. Keats Epist. to C. C. Clarke 87 To see..morning shadows streaking into slimness Across the lawny fields.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. ii. 33 An effect which was due to the slimness of her figure.

1893 F. F. Moore I forbid Banns xi Young ladies, who, with all the insolence of slimness, called her stout.

2. Artfulness, wiliness, cunning.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun]

listOE

wiþercraftc1175

wilta1230

craftc1275

sleightc1275

engine?a1300

quaintisec1300

vaidiec1325

wilec1374

cautelc1375

sophistryc1385

quaintnessc1390

voisdie1390

havilon?a1400

foxeryc1400

subtletyc1400

undercraftc1400

practic?a1439

callidityc1450

policec1450

wilinessc1450

craftiness1484

gin1543

cautility1554

cunning1582

cautelousness1584

panurgy1586

policy1587

foxshipa1616

cunningnessa1625

subdolousness1635

dexterity1656

insidiousnessa1677

versuteness1685

pawkiness1687

sleight-hand1792

pawkery1820

vulpinism1851

downiness1865

foxiness1875

slimness1899

slypussness1908

1899 Westm. Gaz. 27 Dec. 1/2 Courage is no good unless it is backed up by what the Boers themselves call ‘slimness’.

1900 Daily Tel. 2 Oct. 6/1 A double dose of original slimness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	slimness
释义	slimnessn. /ˈslɪmnɪs/ Etymology: < slim adj. + -ness suffix. 1. Slenderness; (graceful) thinness. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > state of having smallnessa1387 gentilessec1405 slendernessa1538 gracility1623 slimness1727 slightness1788 jimpness1885 petiteness1887 1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 115 The slimness of their bodies, and great length of tail. 1816 J. Keats Epist. to C. C. Clarke 87 To see..morning shadows streaking into slimness Across the lawny fields. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. ii. 33 An effect which was due to the slimness of her figure. 1893 F. F. Moore I forbid Banns xi Young ladies, who, with all the insolence of slimness, called her stout. 2. Artfulness, wiliness, cunning. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] listOE wiþercraftc1175 wilta1230 craftc1275 sleightc1275 engine?a1300 quaintisec1300 vaidiec1325 wilec1374 cautelc1375 sophistryc1385 quaintnessc1390 voisdie1390 havilon?a1400 foxeryc1400 subtletyc1400 undercraftc1400 practic?a1439 callidityc1450 policec1450 wilinessc1450 craftiness1484 gin1543 cautility1554 cunning1582 cautelousness1584 panurgy1586 policy1587 foxshipa1616 cunningnessa1625 subdolousness1635 dexterity1656 insidiousnessa1677 versuteness1685 pawkiness1687 sleight-hand1792 pawkery1820 vulpinism1851 downiness1865 foxiness1875 slimness1899 slypussness1908 1899 Westm. Gaz. 27 Dec. 1/2 Courage is no good unless it is backed up by what the Boers themselves call ‘slimness’. 1900 Daily Tel. 2 Oct. 6/1 A double dose of original slimness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1727
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