thinnessn.

Brit.

/ˈθɪnnəs/, U.S.

/ˈθɪ(n)nəs/

Etymology: < thin adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality or condition of being thin.

a. Narrowness of dimension between opposite surfaces; absence of thickness or depth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > thickness > thinness > [noun]

thinness1577

tenuousness1901

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 80^v Fulnesse and emptinesse, or thicknesse and thinnesse.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 175 Cotton cloth..for thinnesse not vnlike our boulting cloths.

1715 J. T. Desaguliers tr. N. Gauger Fires Improv'd 113 Where you cannot dig in the Back-Wall of a Chimney by reason of its thinness.

1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon i. 54 The thinness of the seam [of coal].

1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man iii. 34 The extreme thinness of the film of matter.

b. Lean or spare habit of body; spareness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > thin shape > state of having

leannessa1000

boninessa1398

macilence?a1425

meagreness?a1425

macies?a1450

meagrec1450

povertya1475

bareness1552

extenuation1576

poorness1577

gauntness1607

lankness1611

macilencya1631

spareness1648

emaceration1656

emaciation1662

skinniness1688

angularity1822

thinness1827

pinchedness1857

scrawniness1863

scragginess1865

wizenedness1887

1827–35 N. P. Willis Leper 65 There, alone, Wasted to ghastly thinness, Helon knelt.

1932 G. Greene Stamboul Train i. i. 5 Her mackintosh showed the thinness of her body.

c. figurative. Deficiency, poverty, meagreness, feebleness; lack of depth or fullness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scantiness or meagreness

scantnessc1386

parcity1509

tenuity1535

scantiness1567

bareness1580

barrenness1587

exiguity1604

leanness1612

meagreness1622

thinness1623

jejuneness1626

macilencya1631

narrowness1647

straitnessa1704

flimsinessa1763

threadbareness1771

poorness1782

skimpiness1879

threadbarity1892

c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 134 Hit gehælð þa þynnysse þære gesihðe.

1623 W. Balcanquhall Serm. St. Maries Spittle 98 The thinnesse of our Ioy, because we did sowe our teares too thin.

1903 Daily Chron. 20 Feb. 3/6 That there was much ‘intellectual thinness’ among young men.

2. The condition of being thinly arranged, occupied, or attended; want of fullness; sparseness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun]

fewnesseOE

paucityc1425

thinnessc1440

exility1528

smallness1544

rareness1562

infrequency1600

exiguity1604

uninfiniteness1656

scarceness1672

exiguousness1727

spareness1822

sparseness1833

sparsity1865

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > state of being scattered at wide intervals

thinnessc1440

rarity1598

scatteredness1667

scatteringness1747

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 491/1 Thynnesse, of wodys, cornys, and oþer lyke, raritas.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie T 140 Thinnesse: seldomnesse, rarite.

1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. ii. vi. §74 The Thinness of People gives Families Leave to separate into unpossessed Quarters.

1774 A. Gib Present Truth II. 40 None of these brethren opened a mouth about the thinness of the meeting.

1826 F. Reynolds Life & Times II. 200 Expressing my surprise at the..thinness of the house.

3. Absence or lack of density, consistence, or viscosity; fluidity, tenuity, rarity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [noun]

thinnessc1000

subtilenessa1398

subtletya1398

rareness?a1425

rarity?a1425

subtility?a1425

thinheadc1440

subtilty1494

shireness1495

tenuity1603

exility1626

soluteness1653

c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 199 Þonne þara metta meltung biþ & þynnes.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS) xi. i Eyer haþ more þinnesse and clerenesse þan oþer elementis.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 491/1 Thynnesse, or thynhede of licurys.

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 17 From earthly thicknesse, too thinnesse vannished ayerye.

1685 R. Boyle Short Mem. Hist. Mineral Waters 26 Of the thinness or viscosity of the Mineral Water.

a1854 C. A. Southey Poet. Wks. (1867) 67 Milk..tempered down To wholesome thinness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	thinness
释义	thinnessn. Brit. /ˈθɪnnəs/, U.S. /ˈθɪ(n)nəs/ Etymology: < thin adj. + -ness suffix. The quality or condition of being thin. 1. a. Narrowness of dimension between opposite surfaces; absence of thickness or depth. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > thickness > thinness > [noun] thinness1577 tenuousness1901 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 80^v Fulnesse and emptinesse, or thicknesse and thinnesse. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 175 Cotton cloth..for thinnesse not vnlike our boulting cloths. 1715 J. T. Desaguliers tr. N. Gauger Fires Improv'd 113 Where you cannot dig in the Back-Wall of a Chimney by reason of its thinness. 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon i. 54 The thinness of the seam [of coal]. 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man iii. 34 The extreme thinness of the film of matter. b. Lean or spare habit of body; spareness. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [noun] > thin shape > state of having leannessa1000 boninessa1398 macilence?a1425 meagreness?a1425 macies?a1450 meagrec1450 povertya1475 bareness1552 extenuation1576 poorness1577 gauntness1607 lankness1611 macilencya1631 spareness1648 emaceration1656 emaciation1662 skinniness1688 angularity1822 thinness1827 pinchedness1857 scrawniness1863 scragginess1865 wizenedness1887 1827–35 N. P. Willis Leper 65 There, alone, Wasted to ghastly thinness, Helon knelt. 1932 G. Greene Stamboul Train i. i. 5 Her mackintosh showed the thinness of her body. c. figurative. Deficiency, poverty, meagreness, feebleness; lack of depth or fullness. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > scantiness or meagreness scantnessc1386 parcity1509 tenuity1535 scantiness1567 bareness1580 barrenness1587 exiguity1604 leanness1612 meagreness1622 thinness1623 jejuneness1626 macilencya1631 narrowness1647 straitnessa1704 flimsinessa1763 threadbareness1771 poorness1782 skimpiness1879 threadbarity1892 c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 134 Hit gehælð þa þynnysse þære gesihðe. 1623 W. Balcanquhall Serm. St. Maries Spittle 98 The thinnesse of our Ioy, because we did sowe our teares too thin. 1903 Daily Chron. 20 Feb. 3/6 That there was much ‘intellectual thinness’ among young men. 2. The condition of being thinly arranged, occupied, or attended; want of fullness; sparseness. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [noun] fewnesseOE paucityc1425 thinnessc1440 exility1528 smallness1544 rareness1562 infrequency1600 exiguity1604 uninfiniteness1656 scarceness1672 exiguousness1727 spareness1822 sparseness1833 sparsity1865 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [noun] > state of being scattered at wide intervals thinnessc1440 rarity1598 scatteredness1667 scatteringness1747 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 491/1 Thynnesse, of wodys, cornys, and oþer lyke, raritas. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie T 140 Thinnesse: seldomnesse, rarite. 1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. ii. vi. §74 The Thinness of People gives Families Leave to separate into unpossessed Quarters. 1774 A. Gib Present Truth II. 40 None of these brethren opened a mouth about the thinness of the meeting. 1826 F. Reynolds Life & Times II. 200 Expressing my surprise at the..thinness of the house. 3. Absence or lack of density, consistence, or viscosity; fluidity, tenuity, rarity. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [noun] thinnessc1000 subtilenessa1398 subtletya1398 rareness?a1425 rarity?a1425 subtility?a1425 thinheadc1440 subtilty1494 shireness1495 tenuity1603 exility1626 soluteness1653 c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 199 Þonne þara metta meltung biþ & þynnes. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS) xi. i Eyer haþ more þinnesse and clerenesse þan oþer elementis. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 491/1 Thynnesse, or thynhede of licurys. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 17 From earthly thicknesse, too thinnesse vannished ayerye. 1685 R. Boyle Short Mem. Hist. Mineral Waters 26 Of the thinness or viscosity of the Mineral Water. a1854 C. A. Southey Poet. Wks. (1867) 67 Milk..tempered down To wholesome thinness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1000
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