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单词 unexpectedness
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unexpectednessn.

Brit. /ˌʌnᵻkˈspɛktᵻdnᵻs/, /ˌʌnɛkˈspɛktᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌənᵻkˈspɛktədnᵻs/, /ˌənɛkˈspɛktədnᵻs/
Forms: see unexpected adj. and -ness suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unexpected adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < unexpected adj. + -ness suffix.
(un- prefix1 6.)
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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.
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