单词 | sparingness |
释义 | sparingnessn. The quality of being sparing: a. In respect of diet, living, expenditure, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [noun] sparing1377 sparingc1386 spelingc1420 parsimony?a1475 parcity1509 frugality1531 spare1577 spare1577 sparingness1579 sparefulnessa1586 savingness1668 frugalness1727 spareness1826 chariness1849 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > moderation in sensuous gratification > [noun] > simple life > abstemiousness scarceness1526 sparingness1579 1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune i. xlii. 61 They are most agreable to the auncient sparyngnesse, and the manners of the Romanes. a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 370 To the end, that (by the sparingnesse and homelinesse of their diet,) they..might serue for figures of our Sauiour. 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Gothick Warre iii. 82 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian With a provident sparingnesse he gave them food more scarcely then according to their appetite. 1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses 98 Too much Sparingness [will slide] into Sordidness and Slovenliness. 1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World xiii. 411 By these exercises, and the sparingness of their diet. 1731 in tr. Coluthus Rape of Helen Pref. p. v The few books of English poetry which thro' sparingness I have purchased. 1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. vii. 240 A lightness of form and sparingness of material. 1873 A. Helps Some Talk about Animals & their Masters iii. 65 It affords a beautiful illustration of the prudence and sparingness of what we call Nature. b. In other connections. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [noun] > brevity or sparingness of speech sparingness1617 pauciloquy1623 breviloquence1656 curtness1762 monosyllabism1804 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 50 In secrecy, and in sparingnesse of speech. 1671 R. McWard True Non-conformist 189 For all your sparingness in passing judgment. 1717 L. Howel Desiderius (ed. 3) 138 Courtesy, and Affability, justly modified with Slowness and Sparingness of Words. 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 224 A prodigality of words which the fair poetess endeavoured to counterbalance by a corresponding sparingness of idea. 1904 Athenæum 2 Apr. 423/3 The artistic selection and sparingness of their inclusions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1579 |
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