broadnessn.

/ˈbrɔːdnɪs/

Etymology: Formed as broadly adv. + -ness suffix.

The state or quality of being broad; breadth.

1. literal. (Now mostly superseded by breadth.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > [noun]

bredeeOE

widenessOE

wideOE

latitude1398

broada1400

broadnessa1425

largeness?a1425

breadth1459

width1570

largitude1590

cross1630

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Deut. xxxiii. 20 Gad is blessid in broodnesse.

1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. C vij b And it be dyuidid after the longnes or after the brodenes.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. RRRii^v Infinite..in depnes, heygth, brodnesse & length.

1643 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. xvi. 66 About the broadnesse of the palme of the hand.

1730 Magna Britannia V. 805/1 Bretford..hath its Name from the Broadness of the Ford..over the Avon.

2. figurative. Plainness of speech; coarseness, indelicacy.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [noun] > bluntness or matter-of-factness

unmithea1325

roundness1568

plumpness1618

broadness1685

straightforwardness1805

matter-of-factness1816

flatness1887

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [noun] > lowness of style

rhetoric1580

lowness1630

broadness1685

breadth1849

1685 J. Dryden Sylvæ Pref. sig. a4 I have us'd the cleanliest Metaphors we cou'd find, to palliate the broadness of the meaning.

1845 G. L. Craik Sketches Hist. Lit. & Learning Eng. III. 132 Broadness and indecency of allusion.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	broadness
释义	broadnessn. /ˈbrɔːdnɪs/ Etymology: Formed as broadly adv. + -ness suffix. The state or quality of being broad; breadth. 1. literal. (Now mostly superseded by breadth.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > [noun] bredeeOE widenessOE wideOE latitude1398 broada1400 broadnessa1425 largeness?a1425 breadth1459 width1570 largitude1590 cross1630 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Deut. xxxiii. 20 Gad is blessid in broodnesse. 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. C vij b And it be dyuidid after the longnes or after the brodenes. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. RRRii^v Infinite..in depnes, heygth, brodnesse & length. 1643 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. xvi. 66 About the broadnesse of the palme of the hand. 1730 Magna Britannia V. 805/1 Bretford..hath its Name from the Broadness of the Ford..over the Avon. 2. figurative. Plainness of speech; coarseness, indelicacy. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [noun] > bluntness or matter-of-factness unmithea1325 roundness1568 plumpness1618 broadness1685 straightforwardness1805 matter-of-factness1816 flatness1887 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [noun] > lowness of style rhetoric1580 lowness1630 broadness1685 breadth1849 1685 J. Dryden Sylvæ Pref. sig. a4 I have us'd the cleanliest Metaphors we cou'd find, to palliate the broadness of the meaning. 1845 G. L. Craik Sketches Hist. Lit. & Learning Eng. III. 132 Broadness and indecency of allusion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.a1425
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