单词 | unexpectedness |
释义 | unexpectednessn. (un- prefix1 6.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [noun] unlookedfornessa1586 unexpectation1611 unexpectedness1615 inexpectation?1623 inexpectedness1626 inexpectancy1643 suddenness1685 surprisingness1685 startlingness1846 1615 T. Tomkis Albumazar iv. ii. sig. G4v This man admires the vnexpectednesse Of my returne. 1651 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa I. i. iii. 233 You should have prepar'd me..for my Ruine &..lessen'd it at least of one misery, which is the suddennesse and unexpectednesse of it. 1725 I. Watts Logick iii. iv. §8 This will plainly prove that he describes the Unexpectedness of his Appearance. a1845 S. Smith Elem. Sketches Moral Philos. (1850) 378 The unexpectedness of the news excites..the feeling of surprise. 1893 J. H. McCarthy Red Diamonds III. 221 An adventure stranger in its ironic unexpectedness than anything which had befallen him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1615 |
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