verbalnessn.

Brit.

/ˈvəːblnəs/, U.S.

/ˈvərbəlnəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: verbal adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < verbal adj. + -ness suffix.

1. The fact or quality of being verbal (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > [noun] > faculty or power of speech

speech?a1000

speaka1300

carpc1400

utterance1474

speakingc1480

discourse1609

languagea1616

verbalness1647

vocal1838

speechfulness1880

1647 Moro-mastix 7 But wherein stands the verbalness of the victory?

1880 T. C. Murray Lect. Origin & Growth Psalms iii. 85 If you ever come to compare this old Latin with the Greek, you will find it, in its minute and painful verbalness, betraying not the accuracy but the ignorance of the translators.

1881 Bull. Essex (Mass.) Inst. 13 20 He [sc. Tennyson] fingers the instrument too much... It is all plum pudding, ‘slick and slab’, smooth, a besetting verbalness, refrains, alliterations,..not a natural note, never a masculine simplicity.

1957 Jrnl. Nursery Educ. Fall 26 The child who at home is encouraged to be verbal or at least where verbalness is highly valued.

2013 J. N. Lester & A. Barouch in I. Paoletti et al. Pract. of Ethics iv. 75 Communicative competence is not directly correlated with one's verbalness.

2. Grammar. The quality of being derived from or functioning as a verb; the degree to which a word has the qualities of a verb.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [noun] > quality of

verbality1656

verbalness1968

1968 J. E. Conner Gram. Standard Eng. iii. 90 It so often happens that the verbalness of such a verbal adjective is prominent in the sentence that English grammarians have always been deluded into the belief that the verbal adjectives are verbs and not adjectives.

1980 D. Disterheft Syntactic Devel. of Infinitive in Indo-European iv. 118 After reanalysis as main clause predicate infinitive, the ‘verbalness’ of the infinitive in this construction increased.

2009 A. Pysz Syntax Prenominal & Postnominal Adjectives in Old Eng. ii. 50 If it is taken into account that postposition has been taken to correlate with strong adjectival inflection.., the ‘verbalness’ of strong adjectives may carry over to postnominal adjectives.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	verbalness
释义	verbalnessn. Brit. /ˈvəːblnəs/, U.S. /ˈvərbəlnəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: verbal adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < verbal adj. + -ness suffix. 1. The fact or quality of being verbal (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [noun] > faculty or power of speech speech?a1000 speaka1300 carpc1400 utterance1474 speakingc1480 discourse1609 languagea1616 verbalness1647 vocal1838 speechfulness1880 1647 Moro-mastix 7 But wherein stands the verbalness of the victory? 1880 T. C. Murray Lect. Origin & Growth Psalms iii. 85 If you ever come to compare this old Latin with the Greek, you will find it, in its minute and painful verbalness, betraying not the accuracy but the ignorance of the translators. 1881 Bull. Essex (Mass.) Inst. 13 20 He [sc. Tennyson] fingers the instrument too much... It is all plum pudding, ‘slick and slab’, smooth, a besetting verbalness, refrains, alliterations,..not a natural note, never a masculine simplicity. 1957 Jrnl. Nursery Educ. Fall 26 The child who at home is encouraged to be verbal or at least where verbalness is highly valued. 2013 J. N. Lester & A. Barouch in I. Paoletti et al. Pract. of Ethics iv. 75 Communicative competence is not directly correlated with one's verbalness. 2. Grammar. The quality of being derived from or functioning as a verb; the degree to which a word has the qualities of a verb. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [noun] > quality of verbality1656 verbalness1968 1968 J. E. Conner Gram. Standard Eng. iii. 90 It so often happens that the verbalness of such a verbal adjective is prominent in the sentence that English grammarians have always been deluded into the belief that the verbal adjectives are verbs and not adjectives. 1980 D. Disterheft Syntactic Devel. of Infinitive in Indo-European iv. 118 After reanalysis as main clause predicate infinitive, the ‘verbalness’ of the infinitive in this construction increased. 2009 A. Pysz Syntax Prenominal & Postnominal Adjectives in Old Eng. ii. 50 If it is taken into account that postposition has been taken to correlate with strong adjectival inflection.., the ‘verbalness’ of strong adjectives may carry over to postnominal adjectives. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1647
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