sterilityn.

/stəˈrɪlɪti/

Etymology: < Latin sterilitās, < sterilis sterile adj. Compare French stérilité, Italian sterilità.

The quality of being sterile, barrenness.

1. Unproductiveness of the earth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [noun] > soil as source of growth > infertility

barrennessa1425

sterility1426

poorness1577

infertility1610

leanness1612

scarceness1678

unproductiveness1777

rammel1795

unproductivity1872

unfertility1888

1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 23780 Afterward..Vij yeres of Sterylite folwed on,..wherof Ioseph took good hed long a-forn.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 283/2 There by his merytes he chaced awey the Sterylyte and barrynes that was in that Countre.

1580 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 294 The barrennes and sterilitie of the ground.

1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 216 From whence you are to inquire of the fertility and sterility of the Earth.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 225 There have been great Devastations and Decrements of Mankind by..Plagues and Epidemical Diseases, Famines, and Sterilities of great parts of the World.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 33. ⁋5 I will teach you to remedy the sterility of the earth.

1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. viii. 312 Sicily was the granary of Italy: and the quantity of corn carried off from it by the Romans, is probably a chief cause of its present sterility.

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. vii. iii. 149 Máldeó, rája of that country,..derived additional strength from the sterility of his territory.

1865 A. Geikie Scenery & Geol. Scotl. viii. 211 One looks in vain for a tree or field or patch of green, to relieve the sterility of these lonely shores.

a. Incapacity for producing offspring (chiefly said of the female).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [noun]

unkinda1200

barrenhoodc1380

barrennessa1382

geldheada1400

sterility1535

sterileness1558

unfruitfulness1565

infecundity1605

deadness1611

infertility1869

subfertility1917

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 250 His wyffe ay in sterilitie, All his dais scho wes withoutin cheild.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 837 He complayned..of the infortunate sterylitie and barennesse of hys wyfe.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 271 Harke Nature,..into her wombe, conuey sterility .

1712 W. King Let. in Art of Cookery (ed. 2) 106 Varro the great Roman Antiquary tells us how to do it by burning of their Spurs, which occasioning their Sterility, makes them Capons in effect.

1876 S. W. Gross Gross's Pract. Treat. Dis. Bladder (ed. 3) i. ix. 271 (heading) Impotence and Sterility—These occurrences..are very rare after lateral lithotomy.

1883 H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spiritual World (ed. 2) Pref. p. xiii Inappropriate Hybridism is checked by the Law of Sterility.

†b. Of water: Unproductiveness of anything living. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > [noun] > not productive of living things (of water)

sterility1707

1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 171 The horrible Sterility of the Sea of Sodom... No Animal can live in it.

c. Of plants: Incapacity of reproduction.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [noun] > lack of fruitfulness or sterility

sterility1837

infructuosity1859

blindness1921

1837 P. Keith Bot. Lexicon 205 The cause of the sterility of hybrids is not well known.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1098/2 Far more frequently, however, sterility arises from outward agents, from the effect of long-continued drought or moisture, [etc.].

3. figurative. Mental or spiritual barrenness; unproductiveness of results.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > want of or incapacity for emotion

dryheada1300

lethargyc1380

drynessc1450

dumping1542

unsensibility1551

insensibleness?1555

unsensibleness?1555

stupidity1568

stolidity1570

stupor1570

dumpishness1574

senselessness1577

innaturality1579

astoniedness1580

impassibility1603

stupefaction1603

torpor1607

deadness1611

unsufferance1611

hebetude1621

nonsense1621

drought1622

hebetation1623

obstupefaction1625

unanswerableness1626

tastelessnessa1631

insensateness1646

impassiveness1648

obtuseness1648

barrenness1655

torpulency1657

sterility1661

spiritlessness1669

unspiritedness1669

unaffectedness1678

insensibility1691

stolidness1727

apathy1742

impenetrableness1747

unfeelingness1766

impassivity1794

unfeeling1805

soullessness1811

incommobility1822

obtusity1823

unimpressibleness1830

hardhead1836

stockishness1837

insensitiveness1838

impenetrability1847

unreceptivity1849

unsusceptibility1850

woodenness1854

unimpressionability1862

irresponsiveness1864

unresponsiveness1869

impassibleness1874

irreceptivity1881

unimpressibility1889

apatheia1893

inemotivity1894

affectlessness1921

insensitivity1957

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > uselessness or unproductiveness

fruitlessness1615

sterility1661

profitlessness1822

bootlessness1830

unfruitfulness1850

resultlessness1852

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xix. 181 Its experienc'd sterility through so many hundred years, drives Hope to desperation.

a1678 A. Woodhead Motives Holy Living (1688) 194 Yet where is a sterility in thinking on any subject, there is a necessity to change it.

1716 A. Pope Ess. Homer's Battles in tr. Homer Iliad II. 323 Yet one cannot ascribe this to any Sterility of Expression, but to the Genius of his Times, that delighted in those reiterated Verses.

1782 V. Knox Ess. (1819) II. lx. 16 Such has been the sterility of epigrammatic genius in our country.

1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii.i. 297 Sterility of intellect.

1891 Speaker 11 July 36/2 The fear is..that public life may be stricken with sterility in consequence of this veto.

4. The state of being free from micro-organisms.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > [noun]

freshnessa1398

sweetnessc1400

purity?1440

pureness1528

mereness1648

sterility1877

drivenness1894

1877 J. Tyndall Ess. Floating Matter of Air (1881) 133 The observed sterility was not due to any lack of nutritive power in the infusion.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 550 The sterility in this case was probably due to the fact that death occurred nearly four months after the onset of the disease.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sterility
释义	sterilityn. /stəˈrɪlɪti/ Etymology: < Latin sterilitās, < sterilis sterile adj. Compare French stérilité, Italian sterilità. The quality of being sterile, barrenness. 1. Unproductiveness of the earth. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [noun] > soil as source of growth > infertility barrennessa1425 sterility1426 poorness1577 infertility1610 leanness1612 scarceness1678 unproductiveness1777 rammel1795 unproductivity1872 unfertility1888 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 23780 Afterward..Vij yeres of Sterylite folwed on,..wherof Ioseph took good hed long a-forn. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 283/2 There by his merytes he chaced awey the Sterylyte and barrynes that was in that Countre. 1580 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1880) 1st Ser. III. 294 The barrennes and sterilitie of the ground. 1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 216 From whence you are to inquire of the fertility and sterility of the Earth. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 225 There have been great Devastations and Decrements of Mankind by..Plagues and Epidemical Diseases, Famines, and Sterilities of great parts of the World. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 33. ⁋5 I will teach you to remedy the sterility of the earth. 1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. viii. 312 Sicily was the granary of Italy: and the quantity of corn carried off from it by the Romans, is probably a chief cause of its present sterility. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. vii. iii. 149 Máldeó, rája of that country,..derived additional strength from the sterility of his territory. 1865 A. Geikie Scenery & Geol. Scotl. viii. 211 One looks in vain for a tree or field or patch of green, to relieve the sterility of these lonely shores. 2. a. Incapacity for producing offspring (chiefly said of the female). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [noun] unkinda1200 barrenhoodc1380 barrennessa1382 geldheada1400 sterility1535 sterileness1558 unfruitfulness1565 infecundity1605 deadness1611 infertility1869 subfertility1917 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 250 His wyffe ay in sterilitie, All his dais scho wes withoutin cheild. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 837 He complayned..of the infortunate sterylitie and barennesse of hys wyfe. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear iv. 271 Harke Nature,..into her wombe, conuey sterility . View more context for this quotation 1712 W. King Let. in Art of Cookery (ed. 2) 106 Varro the great Roman Antiquary tells us how to do it by burning of their Spurs, which occasioning their Sterility, makes them Capons in effect. 1876 S. W. Gross Gross's Pract. Treat. Dis. Bladder (ed. 3) i. ix. 271 (heading) Impotence and Sterility—These occurrences..are very rare after lateral lithotomy. 1883 H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spiritual World (ed. 2) Pref. p. xiii Inappropriate Hybridism is checked by the Law of Sterility. †b. Of water: Unproductiveness of anything living. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > [noun] > not productive of living things (of water) sterility1707 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 171 The horrible Sterility of the Sea of Sodom... No Animal can live in it. c. Of plants: Incapacity of reproduction. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [noun] > lack of fruitfulness or sterility sterility1837 infructuosity1859 blindness1921 1837 P. Keith Bot. Lexicon 205 The cause of the sterility of hybrids is not well known. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1098/2 Far more frequently, however, sterility arises from outward agents, from the effect of long-continued drought or moisture, [etc.]. 3. figurative. Mental or spiritual barrenness; unproductiveness of results. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > want of or incapacity for emotion dryheada1300 lethargyc1380 drynessc1450 dumping1542 unsensibility1551 insensibleness?1555 unsensibleness?1555 stupidity1568 stolidity1570 stupor1570 dumpishness1574 senselessness1577 innaturality1579 astoniedness1580 impassibility1603 stupefaction1603 torpor1607 deadness1611 unsufferance1611 hebetude1621 nonsense1621 drought1622 hebetation1623 obstupefaction1625 unanswerableness1626 tastelessnessa1631 insensateness1646 impassiveness1648 obtuseness1648 barrenness1655 torpulency1657 sterility1661 spiritlessness1669 unspiritedness1669 unaffectedness1678 insensibility1691 stolidness1727 apathy1742 impenetrableness1747 unfeelingness1766 impassivity1794 unfeeling1805 soullessness1811 incommobility1822 obtusity1823 unimpressibleness1830 hardhead1836 stockishness1837 insensitiveness1838 impenetrability1847 unreceptivity1849 unsusceptibility1850 woodenness1854 unimpressionability1862 irresponsiveness1864 unresponsiveness1869 impassibleness1874 irreceptivity1881 unimpressibility1889 apatheia1893 inemotivity1894 affectlessness1921 insensitivity1957 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > uselessness or unproductiveness fruitlessness1615 sterility1661 profitlessness1822 bootlessness1830 unfruitfulness1850 resultlessness1852 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xix. 181 Its experienc'd sterility through so many hundred years, drives Hope to desperation. a1678 A. Woodhead Motives Holy Living (1688) 194 Yet where is a sterility in thinking on any subject, there is a necessity to change it. 1716 A. Pope Ess. Homer's Battles in tr. Homer Iliad II. 323 Yet one cannot ascribe this to any Sterility of Expression, but to the Genius of his Times, that delighted in those reiterated Verses. 1782 V. Knox Ess. (1819) II. lx. 16 Such has been the sterility of epigrammatic genius in our country. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii.i. 297 Sterility of intellect. 1891 Speaker 11 July 36/2 The fear is..that public life may be stricken with sterility in consequence of this veto. 4. The state of being free from micro-organisms. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > [noun] freshnessa1398 sweetnessc1400 purity?1440 pureness1528 mereness1648 sterility1877 drivenness1894 1877 J. Tyndall Ess. Floating Matter of Air (1881) 133 The observed sterility was not due to any lack of nutritive power in the infusion. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 550 The sterility in this case was probably due to the fact that death occurred nearly four months after the onset of the disease. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1426
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