| 释义 |
ˈratheness rare.
[f. rathe a.1 + -ness.]
a. Earliness.
b. Premature ending.
1635Hayward tr. Biondi's Banish'd Virg. 220 God makes no difference betweene the rathenesse and latenesse of time. 1883J. Payne O.M.B. xi. 4 If thy life's untimely ended story..hold no room, For very ratheness [etc.]. |