单词 | tastelessness |
释义 | tastelessnessn. 1. Lack of the sense of taste; figurative lack of relish or appreciation. Now rare. 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 > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > [noun] obtusion1605 tastelessnessa1631 obtusity1823 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 298 Our palate dead in a tastlesnesse. 1713 G. Berkeley in Guardian 7 May 2/2 A secret Indignation at the Tastlesness of mortal Men, who, in their Race thro' Life, overlook the real Enjoyments of it. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) II. 404 Such austerities and labours of devotion, such a tastelessness of all innocent enjoyments. 2. Absence of taste or flavour; insipidity. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [noun] wearishnessa1398 unsavouriness1422 tastelessness1600 flashinessa1603 wallowishness1603 insipidity1611 insipidnessa1631 deadness1707 flatness1707 mawkishness1727 walshness1808 ditchwateriness1840 savourlessness1841 blandness1846 silence1879 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. lxi. 567 Their sharpnes, sowrenes, tartnes, harshnes, eagernes, sweetenes, and tastlesnes. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 468 On account of its tastelessness, this preparation..is sometimes employed as a purgative for children. 3. Absence or want of æsthetic discernment. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > [noun] bad taste1696 tastelessness1778 mauvais ton1780 stylelessness1911 tackiness1977 1778 E. Malone Note on Titus Andronicus in S. Johnson & G. Steevens Plays of Shakspeare (rev. ed.) VIII. 561 One of their own fraternity, (who cannot well be suspected of asinine tastelessness, or Gothic prepossessions). 1825 Blackwood's Mag. 18 240 Others assign it to the nonchalance and tastelessness of managers. 1855 Doran Queens of Eng. II. i. 30 Garrick, considering he was a man of taste, displayed great tastelessness on this occasion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1600 |
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