单词 | staleness |
释义 | stalenessn. a. The condition of being stale, in any sense of the adjective. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [noun] > decay or deterioration of food > quality of being stale staleness1552 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [noun] > old and or or strong quality staleness1552 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [noun] > stale quality staleness1552 the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [noun] > old-fashionedness staleness1552 surannation1656 superannuation1658 antiquation1659 fustinessa1661 antiquateness1664 antiquatedness1730 superannuity1781 innovelty1783 old-fashionedness1817 square-toedness1846 fossilism1861 obsolescence1887 old-timiness1887 frumpishness1889 old-fangledness1895 out-of-dateness1915 datedness1933 outdatedness1953 time warp1965 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > condition of having lost freshness > condition of being stale staleness1844 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [noun] > specific breathlessness1612 overfatigue1727 standstill1788 footsoreness1849 heat exhaustion1861 staleness1868 burn-out1903 chronic fatigue1908 driver fatigue1922 bonk1952 the wall1974 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > claim at law > [noun] > condition of having lain dormant staleness1891 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Stalenes, vetustas. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 76/2 in Chron. I So that more than necessitie compelled him, he could not eate, by reason that the stalnesse toke away ye pleasant tast therof, & lesse prouoked his appetite. 1602 T. Phelippes in St. Papers, Dom. 1601–3 (1870) 227 I shall send you what [report] comes to hand, if staleness make it not like Rye fish, unfit for market. 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xxi. 47 We are not destitute for want, but wearie for the stalenesse . View more context for this quotation 1620 T. Venner Via Recta ii. 39 If it [beer] be kept vntouched, till that it hath gotten a sufficient stalenesse. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 725 Failures in hatching arise from want of impregnation in the egg—from age, commonly called staleness. 1868 Field 4 July 14/2 Probably his continued rowing at Oxford nearly the whole year through may have tended to produce staleness. 1891 Law Times 92 127/2 The defence based on the staleness of the claim could not..prevail. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > story or news which is dull through repetition coleworts twice sodden1577 sanctus1594 crambe1611 staleness1617 cramboc1670 cold treat1709 chestnut1880 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > usualness > that which is commonplace staleness1617 hack1710 commonplace1802 quotidian1902 banalization1968 1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. vi. 227 He is not ashamed to renew such motheaten stalenesses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1552 |
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