单词 | supineness |
释义 | supinenessn. 1. Lack of exertion, interest, or concern; indolence; apathy. Also: an instance of this. Cf. supinity n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] accidiaOE accidie?c1225 lethargyc1380 faintness1398 lithernessc1425 listlesshedec1440 owlisthead1440 supinity1548 lustlessness1556 benumbedness1566 phlegm1578 apoplexy1589 acedia1607 torpor1607 drowsiness1611 torpidity1614 languishmentc1620 hebetude1621 acedy1623 inerty1623 supineness1640 listlessness1646 cadaveriety1651 inertitude1656 oscitation1656 torpulency1657 sopor1658 phlegmaticness1659 lethargicalness1664 torpidnessa1676 faineantisea1684 phlegmatism1688 vis inertiae1710 torpitude1713 moonery1764 donothingness1814 benumbment1817 inertia1821 languor1825 donothingism1839 Mondayishness1850 mooniness1852 mooning1857 fainéantisme1873 sog1874 Oblomovism1902 1640 J. Earle Elegie in F. Beaumont Poems sig. Kv Nor with that dull supinenes to be read, To passe a fire, or laugh an hower in bed. 1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace To Rdr. sig. a4v Such is the supineness and inexcusable regardlessness of most men. 1759 S. Johnson Idler 9 June 177 He..wonders at the supineness with which their Works have been hitherto perused. 1774 E. Burke Let. Oct. in Corr. (1844) I. 496 The supineness, neglect, and blind security of my friend, in that, and every thing that concerns him. 1860 J. S. Mill Consider. Represent. Govt. (1865) ii. 11 All the negligences, indolences, and supinenesses of mankind. 1898 R. B. O'Brien Life C. S. Parnell I. ix. 195 The agitators acted with vigour and ability; the Government with supineness and stupidity. 1909 Mother Earth July 152 Consider..the supineness with which the people in general accept these interferences. 1992 R. D. Edwards Clubbed to Death (1993) x. 65 The Commander embarked on one of his monologues on the supineness of the Tory government. 2. = supinity n. 2. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > [noun] > with face upwards supinity1638 supineness1755 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Supineness, posture with the face upward. 1877 Nation 14 June 352/1 The deathlike supineness of the sheep under the shears. 1980 S. Beckett Company 88 In the dark now huddled and now supine you toil in vain...Till from the occasional relief it was supineness becomes habitual and finally the rule. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1640 |
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