单词 | unsureness |
释义 | unsurenessn. 1. Uncertainty; insecurity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [noun] unwitternessa1300 were1303 unsickernessc1340 uncertaintyc1380 non-certainc1390 doubta1400 unsureness1430 untrust1430 unsuretyc1460 non-certainty1475 incertain1502 doubtfulness1530 uncertitudea1556 incertitude1603 incertainty1609 dubiosity1646 dubiousness1651 dubietyc1750 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1494) i. i. A vi b/1 Where they stode first in sykernesse Of ioye..Oute of their rest they fyll in vnsurenesse In sorowe and sighynge. c1440 Eng. Conq. Ireland 51 And euery Surnesse hath vnsurnes at the ende. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 285/2 Unsurenesse, deseurete. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Infirmitas What vnsurenes doe you see in the mariage hetherto? 1573 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 275 The greit frailtie and vnsureness of all strenthis eirthly. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. xxii. 226/1 The state of man..doth shew..with what vnsurenesse the seat of maiesty is possest. 1863 ‘Holme Lee’ Annis Warleigh III. 133 Her hints to Rachel..touching the unsureness of the future. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] unsteadfastnessa1300 falsenessc1330 unstablenessc1380 varyingc1380 inconstancec1386 variance1390 geriness1412 instabilityc1422 changeability?a1425 mutabilitya1425 changec1425 changeableness1447 unconstancec1449 unstabilitya1470 mutableness1481 unsureness1481 instableness1483 variation1509 inconstancy1526 shittleness1530 fickleness1548 unconstancy1548 unconstantness1551 inconstantness?a1562 pliableness1562 fast and loose1575 volubility1603 levity1604 unconstability1611 flexibleness1623 vagrancy1642 self-inconsistency1655 inconsistency1665 flittingnessa1680 easiness1705 inconsistence1713 versatility1755 contrariety1762 vibration1785 changefulness1791 girouettism1825 pirouettism1839 weathercockism1843 pirouettiveness1844 volatileness1849 unfixity1856 ficklety1888 1481 (a1470) J. Tiptoft tr. Cicero De Amicicia (Caxton) sig. c2v Ther ben two thynges whiche proue in many men lyghtnes, and vnsurenesse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1430 |
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