sunninessn.

Brit.

/ˈsʌnɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈsəninᵻs/

Forms: see sunny adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sunny adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < sunny adj. + -ness suffix.

rare before 19th cent.

1. The state or fact of being characterized by sunshine.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine > sunniness

sunnage1611

sunniness1611

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Solaige, Sunnage, or Sunninesse.

1823 T. Moore Mem. (1853) IV. 146 In the sweet valley of Chitway, enjoying all the sunniness and leafiness that still lingers around us.

1861 F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 430 The relative sunniness of different places on the calculated path of total eclipse.

1934 R. Suckow Folks ii. iii. 194 He went into the big light room, almost sultry in its sunniness.

1991 E. W. Leider California's Daughter iv. 92 The very sunniness of the California climate, she felt, discouraged literary creativity.

2012 Washington Post (Nexis) 24 Aug. a6 The output from windmills and solar panels fluctuates widely, depending on the sunniness or windiness of the day.

2. The condition or appearance of being suntanned; tanned or bronzed complexion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > tan > [noun]

tanning1598

sunburntness1692

tawn1744

tan1749

sunniness1753

suntan1809

tannage1845

snow-tan1901

sea-tan1902

perma-tan1984

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xxxvi. 254 His face is overspread with a manly sunniness [I want a word] that shews he has been in warmer climates than England.

1839 W. H. Ainsworth Jack Sheppard I. ii. i. 154 There was all the knavery..of a Spanish picaroon in the laughing eyes of the English apprentice; and, with a little more warmth and sunniness of skin on the side of the latter, the resemblance between them would have been complete.

1851 Eliza Cook's Jrnl. 29 Mar. 340/2 An Eastern sallowness of complexion, or an Italian sunniness of skin.

1967 Amarillo (Texas) Sunday News-Globe 12 Feb. 2 c/1 (advt.) Touch Liquid Glow Tint, 3.50, to your cheeks and see the sunniness glow up.

2012 Self (Nexis) May 55 Layer this sunscreen-spiked bronzer on bare skin, or mix with foundation for sunniness all over.

3. figurative. Cheerfulness of appearance, mood, or nature; light-heartedness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun]

blithenessc1000

blithec1400

cheerfulness1435

chertec1449

jocundness1482

hilarity1568

cheerliness1571

good humour1571

exhilaration1626

cheerishness1645

geniality1652

jocundry1655

cheeriness1658

brightness1660

shine1710

flow of spirits1716

sunshine1717

genialness1727

festiveness1777

sunniness1829

riancy1834

gleesomeness1847

Euphrasia1882

hilariousness1885

blithesomeness1886

gayness1896

1829 Monthly Mag. May 470 He has pourtrayed his young enthusiast..bounding along..with a sunniness of mind and aspect.

1837 T. L. Beddoes Let. 15 May in Wks. (1935) 667 The chapters in hand requiring a light-hearted sunniness of style.

1874 London Q. Rev. July 368 The benignity of the former amounted to sunniness, but behind there lay a background of imperturbable gravity.

1919 J. D. Abbott Larkspur v. 54 Pat..had a frankness and sunniness in her face that was invariably winning.

1958 P. Colum in M. Colum & P. Colum Our Friend J. Joyce xi. 89 Suspicions underlay his sunniness.

2009 Independent on Sunday 1 Mar. 48/1 They did not pretend to be saints and confronted their own shortcomings with as much sunniness as the situation allowed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sunniness
释义	sunninessn. Brit. /ˈsʌnɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈsəninᵻs/ Forms: see sunny adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sunny adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < sunny adj. + -ness suffix. rare before 19th cent. 1. The state or fact of being characterized by sunshine. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine > sunniness sunnage1611 sunniness1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Solaige, Sunnage, or Sunninesse. 1823 T. Moore Mem. (1853) IV. 146 In the sweet valley of Chitway, enjoying all the sunniness and leafiness that still lingers around us. 1861 F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 430 The relative sunniness of different places on the calculated path of total eclipse. 1934 R. Suckow Folks ii. iii. 194 He went into the big light room, almost sultry in its sunniness. 1991 E. W. Leider California's Daughter iv. 92 The very sunniness of the California climate, she felt, discouraged literary creativity. 2012 Washington Post (Nexis) 24 Aug. a6 The output from windmills and solar panels fluctuates widely, depending on the sunniness or windiness of the day. 2. The condition or appearance of being suntanned; tanned or bronzed complexion. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > tan > [noun] tanning1598 sunburntness1692 tawn1744 tan1749 sunniness1753 suntan1809 tannage1845 snow-tan1901 sea-tan1902 perma-tan1984 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xxxvi. 254 His face is overspread with a manly sunniness [I want a word] that shews he has been in warmer climates than England. 1839 W. H. Ainsworth Jack Sheppard I. ii. i. 154 There was all the knavery..of a Spanish picaroon in the laughing eyes of the English apprentice; and, with a little more warmth and sunniness of skin on the side of the latter, the resemblance between them would have been complete. 1851 Eliza Cook's Jrnl. 29 Mar. 340/2 An Eastern sallowness of complexion, or an Italian sunniness of skin. 1967 Amarillo (Texas) Sunday News-Globe 12 Feb. 2 c/1 (advt.) Touch Liquid Glow Tint, 3.50, to your cheeks and see the sunniness glow up. 2012 Self (Nexis) May 55 Layer this sunscreen-spiked bronzer on bare skin, or mix with foundation for sunniness all over. 3. figurative. Cheerfulness of appearance, mood, or nature; light-heartedness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] blithenessc1000 blithec1400 cheerfulness1435 chertec1449 jocundness1482 hilarity1568 cheerliness1571 good humour1571 exhilaration1626 cheerishness1645 geniality1652 jocundry1655 cheeriness1658 brightness1660 shine1710 flow of spirits1716 sunshine1717 genialness1727 festiveness1777 sunniness1829 riancy1834 gleesomeness1847 Euphrasia1882 hilariousness1885 blithesomeness1886 gayness1896 1829 Monthly Mag. May 470 He has pourtrayed his young enthusiast..bounding along..with a sunniness of mind and aspect. 1837 T. L. Beddoes Let. 15 May in Wks. (1935) 667 The chapters in hand requiring a light-hearted sunniness of style. 1874 London Q. Rev. July 368 The benignity of the former amounted to sunniness, but behind there lay a background of imperturbable gravity. 1919 J. D. Abbott Larkspur v. 54 Pat..had a frankness and sunniness in her face that was invariably winning. 1958 P. Colum in M. Colum & P. Colum Our Friend J. Joyce xi. 89 Suspicions underlay his sunniness. 2009 Independent on Sunday 1 Mar. 48/1 They did not pretend to be saints and confronted their own shortcomings with as much sunniness as the situation allowed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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