threadbarenessn.
The state or quality of being threadbare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun] > qualities of
disguisinessc1386
threadbareness1530
lustinessa1547
tricksinessc1550
niceness1559
trickness1600
quaintness1603
fineness1667
overdress1781
fullness1792
succinctness1818
dowdiness1843
dowdyism1859
gauziness1873
floppiness1892
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > loss of material > wearing away > threadbare condition
threadbareness1530
pilledness1583
naplessness1830
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > paltriness, meanness, or contempt
miserableness1633
meannessa1656
narrowness1661
sorriness1668
paltriness1727
threadbareness1771
wretchedness1810
trumperiness1868
picayunishness1870
threadbarity1892
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
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 280/2 Threde bareness, deureur.
c1604 Charlemagne (1938) i. 5 Thou yt has worne thy selfe & a blewe coate to equall thrydd barenes.
1771 H. Mackenzie Man of Feeling (1886) xxi. 60 His look..spoke of the sleekness of folly and the threadbareness of wisdom.
1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 355 A little threadbareness in the similes.
Derivatives
threadˈbarity n. in same sense.Apparently an isolated use.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > paltriness, meanness, or contempt
miserableness1633
meannessa1656
narrowness1661
sorriness1668
paltriness1727
threadbareness1771
wretchedness1810
trumperiness1868
picayunishness1870
threadbarity1892
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
1892 W. Besant Ivory Gate 69 The rags and duds and threadbarity too often enter largely into the picturesque.
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