† boistnessn.

Forms: late Middle English boystenesse.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: boistousness n.

Etymology: Apparently a variant of boistousness n., probably arising as an error for boystous stones (the reading of the a1398 manuscript version of the passage cited in quot. 1495).

Obsolete.

= boistousness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [noun] > coarse texture

boistousness1398

boistness1495

coarseness1541

coarse-grainedness1876

grossnessa1898

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xix. viii. sig. hhvi.^v/2 Some suche [bodyes] letteth all passage of syghte, so that no thynge is seen there thurgh, As boystenesse, stones, trees and metall.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	boistness
释义	† boistnessn. Forms: late Middle English boystenesse. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: boistousness n. Etymology: Apparently a variant of boistousness n., probably arising as an error for boystous stones (the reading of the a1398 manuscript version of the passage cited in quot. 1495). Obsolete. = boistousness n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [noun] > coarse texture boistousness1398 boistness1495 coarseness1541 coarse-grainedness1876 grossnessa1898 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xix. viii. sig. hhvi.^v/2 Some suche [bodyes] letteth all passage of syghte, so that no thynge is seen there thurgh, As boystenesse, stones, trees and metall. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1495
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