sternnessn.

Brit.

/ˈstəːnnəs/, U.S.

/ˈstərn(n)əs/

Forms: α. Middle English–1500s steernesse, stiernesse, sternesse, Middle English sturnesse; β. Middle English sturnenesse, sternenysse, 1600s sternenes; 1500s sternnesse, 1600s– sternness.

Etymology: < stern adj. + -ness suffix.

a. Severity of disposition or mood; rigour in punishment or condemnation; an instance of this; hardness, harshness, obduracy, †fierceness.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > strictness > [noun] > severity or sternness

rethenesseOE

grimness971

hardnessOE

sternhead1297

sharpnessa1325

reddoura1375

fiercetya1382

sternness1382

fiercenessc1384

sturdinessc1384

fellnessc1410

austeritya1425

raddourc1440

austerenessa1450

severity1530

cruelness1537

cruelty1556

severeness1579

tender mercies1611

piquancya1677

Draconianism1819

astringency1823

Draconism1832

hard-handedness1849

starkness1884

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [noun]

rethenesseOE

grimness971

sternhead1297

sharpnessa1325

reddoura1375

sternness1382

fiercenessc1384

sturdinessc1384

duressc1400

fellnessc1410

austeritya1425

harshnessc1480

roughness1530

severity1530

durity1543

ungentleness1548

severeness1579

ruggedness1638

atrocity1641

austereness1646

piquancya1677

Draconianism1819

astringency1823

Draconism1832

starkness1884

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xxxiv. 4 Bot with steernesse [a1425 L.V. sturnenesse] ȝe comaundide to hem, and with power.

c1400 Siege Jerusalem (1932) 29/517 Noþer grounded in god, ne on his grace tristen, Bot alle in sterymnes [v.r. sternenysse] of stour & in strengþ one.

1483 Cath. Angl. 363/1 Sternesse, pertinacia.

a1500 Medulla Gram. Austeritas, steernesse or felnesse.

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance vii. f. 13^v That grauitie and sternesse, whiche is in you, as it were by nature ingenerate.

1692 J. Dryden Cleomenes i. i. 7 I have sternness in my Soul enough To hear of Murders, Rapes, and Sacrilege.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xvi. 35 She was a little too much frighted, as she owned afterwards, at his Sternness.

1844 E. B. Browning Brown Rosary i. vi But his mother was wroth. In a sternness quoth she, ‘As thou play'st at the ball, art thou playing with me?’

1885 Manch. Examiner 26 Jan. 5/3 It is found compatible with the strictest discipline, and indeed with rhadamanthine sternness.

1914 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 320 A typical Frenchman..bland and gracious, but with a capacity for sternness.

b. quasi-concrete, applied to a goddess.

ΚΠ

a1625 J. Fletcher Bonduca iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Hhhh/1 Thou sure-steel'd sternnesse, give us this day good hearts, good enemies.

†2. Rigour, inclemency (of climate). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > condition of

reighnessOE

distemperancec1374

distemperurea1387

sternnessa1387

intemperance?a1475

distemperature1531

intemperancy1540

roughness1545

crabbedness1546

intemperateness1555

inclemency1559

intemperature1570

untemperateness1577

foulness1581

distemperment1582

distemper1614

unkindliness1625

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 51 And for þe sturnesse of heuene [L. inclementia caeli] he haþ þe more wildernes.

a. Of aspect: Severity, formidableness.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > strictness > [noun] > severity or sternness > of expression

grimness1565

sternness1590

hardness1598

severity1711

grim1845

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [noun] > of aspect or expression

grimness1565

sternness1590

severity1711

grim1845

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. X5 Of stature huge, and eke of corage bold, That sonnes of men amazd their sternesse to behold.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 24 How Should I..behold The sternnesse of his presence.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. i. 10 Emily was terrified by the sternness of his look.

b. Of scenery, buildings, etc.: Severity; harshness in nature or aspect.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [noun] > severity or harshness of aspect

sternness1812

1812 J. Wilson Isle of Palms ii. 387 The sternness of this dismal Isle Is soften'd by thy saintly smile.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvii. 197 I..enjoyed for a time the sternness of the surrounding scene.

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

单词	sternness
释义	sternnessn. Brit. /ˈstəːnnəs/, U.S. /ˈstərn(n)əs/ Forms: α. Middle English–1500s steernesse, stiernesse, sternesse, Middle English sturnesse; β. Middle English sturnenesse, sternenysse, 1600s sternenes; 1500s sternnesse, 1600s– sternness. Etymology: < stern adj. + -ness suffix. 1. a. Severity of disposition or mood; rigour in punishment or condemnation; an instance of this; hardness, harshness, obduracy, †fierceness. ΘΚΠ society > authority > strictness > [noun] > severity or sternness rethenesseOE grimness971 hardnessOE sternhead1297 sharpnessa1325 reddoura1375 fiercetya1382 sternness1382 fiercenessc1384 sturdinessc1384 fellnessc1410 austeritya1425 raddourc1440 austerenessa1450 severity1530 cruelness1537 cruelty1556 severeness1579 tender mercies1611 piquancya1677 Draconianism1819 astringency1823 Draconism1832 hard-handedness1849 starkness1884 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [noun] rethenesseOE grimness971 sternhead1297 sharpnessa1325 reddoura1375 sternness1382 fiercenessc1384 sturdinessc1384 duressc1400 fellnessc1410 austeritya1425 harshnessc1480 roughness1530 severity1530 durity1543 ungentleness1548 severeness1579 ruggedness1638 atrocity1641 austereness1646 piquancya1677 Draconianism1819 astringency1823 Draconism1832 starkness1884 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xxxiv. 4 Bot with steernesse [a1425 L.V. sturnenesse] ȝe comaundide to hem, and with power. c1400 Siege Jerusalem (1932) 29/517 Noþer grounded in god, ne on his grace tristen, Bot alle in sterymnes [v.r. sternenysse] of stour & in strengþ one. 1483 Cath. Angl. 363/1 Sternesse, pertinacia. a1500 Medulla Gram. Austeritas, steernesse or felnesse. 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance vii. f. 13^v That grauitie and sternesse, whiche is in you, as it were by nature ingenerate. 1692 J. Dryden Cleomenes i. i. 7 I have sternness in my Soul enough To hear of Murders, Rapes, and Sacrilege. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xvi. 35 She was a little too much frighted, as she owned afterwards, at his Sternness. 1844 E. B. Browning Brown Rosary i. vi But his mother was wroth. In a sternness quoth she, ‘As thou play'st at the ball, art thou playing with me?’ 1885 Manch. Examiner 26 Jan. 5/3 It is found compatible with the strictest discipline, and indeed with rhadamanthine sternness. 1914 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 320 A typical Frenchman..bland and gracious, but with a capacity for sternness. b. quasi-concrete, applied to a goddess. ΚΠ a1625 J. Fletcher Bonduca iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Hhhh/1 Thou sure-steel'd sternnesse, give us this day good hearts, good enemies. †2. Rigour, inclemency (of climate). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > condition of reighnessOE distemperancec1374 distemperurea1387 sternnessa1387 intemperance?a1475 distemperature1531 intemperancy1540 roughness1545 crabbedness1546 intemperateness1555 inclemency1559 intemperature1570 untemperateness1577 foulness1581 distemperment1582 distemper1614 unkindliness1625 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 51 And for þe sturnesse of heuene [L. inclementia caeli] he haþ þe more wildernes. 3. a. Of aspect: Severity, formidableness. ΘΚΠ society > authority > strictness > [noun] > severity or sternness > of expression grimness1565 sternness1590 hardness1598 severity1711 grim1845 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [noun] > of aspect or expression grimness1565 sternness1590 severity1711 grim1845 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. x. sig. X5 Of stature huge, and eke of corage bold, That sonnes of men amazd their sternesse to behold. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 24 How Should I..behold The sternnesse of his presence. View more context for this quotation 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. i. 10 Emily was terrified by the sternness of his look. b. Of scenery, buildings, etc.: Severity; harshness in nature or aspect. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [noun] > severity or harshness of aspect sternness1812 1812 J. Wilson Isle of Palms ii. 387 The sternness of this dismal Isle Is soften'd by thy saintly smile. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvii. 197 I..enjoyed for a time the sternness of the surrounding scene. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1382
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