† stucknessn.1
Obsolete. rare.
Shortness; brevity.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [noun]
unlengthc1275
stuckness1440
shortness1774
brevity1863
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 481 Stuknesse, brevitas, curtitas.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
stucknessn.2
/ˈstʌknəs/, U.S. /ˈstəknəs/ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > besottedness, infatuation > [noun]
dotery1587
besottedness1628
fatuity1649
infatuation1649
fatuositya1680
fatuousness1874
stuckness1895
amour fou1961
limerence1977
1895 Med. Jrnl. Feb. 125/2 Belle asked: ‘Is the stuckness of Adolphus reciprocated?’
2. The state or fact of being unable to move or progress; the feeling of being stuck.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > state or quality of being immovable
immovabilityc1374
unmovablenessc1384
unmovabletya1400
unmobletya1425
immovableness1617
movelessness1667
stuckness1960
1960 H. H. Strupp Psychotherapists in Action xi. 229/2 His feelings of helpless ‘stuckness’ and oppression.
1974 R. M. Pirsig Zen & Art of Motorcycle Maintenance xxiv. 278 The first [problem] is stuckness, a mental stuckness that accompanies the physical stuckness of whatever it is you're working on.
1990 Daughters of Sarah May 15/1 I reread the instruction manual and try again; the same agonizing stuckness occurs.
2008 Independent 28 Jan. (Extra section) 12/2 His overall trick, of renovating figurative sculpture by concentrating on the dumb half-life of statues, on their stuckness and psychological opacity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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