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单词 tastelessness
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tastelessnessn.

/ˈteɪstlɪsnɪs/
Etymology: < tasteless adj. + -ness suffix.
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).
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