| 释义 |
swellness rare.|ˈswɛlnɪs|
In 6 swellenes.
[f. swell n. or v. + -ness.]
†1. Protuberance. Obs.
a1583in Halliwell Rara Mathem. (1841) 38 You shall see youre owne face..to bee in swellenes accordinge to the forme of the hylling or bossing outwardes.
2. The condition of a ‘swell’ or person of distinction. colloq.
1894Huxley in Life (1900) II. xxii. 373 My swellness is an awful burden. |