wilinessn.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪlɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈwaɪlinᵻs/

Forms: see wily adj.

Etymology: < wily adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality or character of being wily; craftiness, cunning, guile.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun]

listOE

wiþercraftc1175

wilta1230

craftc1275

sleightc1275

engine?a1300

quaintisec1300

vaidiec1325

wilec1374

cautelc1375

sophistryc1385

quaintnessc1390

voisdie1390

havilon?a1400

foxeryc1400

subtletyc1400

undercraftc1400

practic?a1439

callidityc1450

policec1450

wilinessc1450

craftiness1484

gin1543

cautility1554

cunning1582

cautelousness1584

panurgy1586

policy1587

foxshipa1616

cunningnessa1625

subdolousness1635

dexterity1656

insidiousnessa1677

versuteness1685

pawkiness1687

sleight-hand1792

pawkery1820

vulpinism1851

downiness1865

foxiness1875

slimness1899

slypussness1908

c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi i. vii. 8 Truste not in þin ovne konnyng, ner in þe wilynes of eny man livyng.

c1460 J. Metham Wks. (1916) 133 A mowght þe qwyche ys smal off qwantyte with thynne lyppys sygnyffyith onmyghtynes, ferffulnes, and wylynes.

1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 162^v So (with certain foxlike wylynesse) they clooke the bloody meanyng.

1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 2 Neither let any man suppose that from wilines without force nor force without iudgement, can proceed any proiect of worthy consideration.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 181 To defend them from all Assaults and Wiliness of the Devil.

1818 M. W. Shelley Frankenstein III. iii. 48 I will watch with the wiliness of a snake, that I may sting with its venom.

1878 P. Bayne Chief Actors Puritan Revol. iii. 81 He had the wariness and wiliness of the cat.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wiliness
释义	wilinessn. Brit. /ˈwʌɪlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈwaɪlinᵻs/ Forms: see wily adj. Etymology: < wily adj. + -ness suffix. The quality or character of being wily; craftiness, cunning, guile. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] listOE wiþercraftc1175 wilta1230 craftc1275 sleightc1275 engine?a1300 quaintisec1300 vaidiec1325 wilec1374 cautelc1375 sophistryc1385 quaintnessc1390 voisdie1390 havilon?a1400 foxeryc1400 subtletyc1400 undercraftc1400 practic?a1439 callidityc1450 policec1450 wilinessc1450 craftiness1484 gin1543 cautility1554 cunning1582 cautelousness1584 panurgy1586 policy1587 foxshipa1616 cunningnessa1625 subdolousness1635 dexterity1656 insidiousnessa1677 versuteness1685 pawkiness1687 sleight-hand1792 pawkery1820 vulpinism1851 downiness1865 foxiness1875 slimness1899 slypussness1908 c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi i. vii. 8 Truste not in þin ovne konnyng, ner in þe wilynes of eny man livyng. c1460 J. Metham Wks. (1916) 133 A mowght þe qwyche ys smal off qwantyte with thynne lyppys sygnyffyith onmyghtynes, ferffulnes, and wylynes. 1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 162^v So (with certain foxlike wylynesse) they clooke the bloody meanyng. 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 2 Neither let any man suppose that from wilines without force nor force without iudgement, can proceed any proiect of worthy consideration. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 181 To defend them from all Assaults and Wiliness of the Devil. 1818 M. W. Shelley Frankenstein III. iii. 48 I will watch with the wiliness of a snake, that I may sting with its venom. 1878 P. Bayne Chief Actors Puritan Revol. iii. 81 He had the wariness and wiliness of the cat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1450
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