释义 |
loneness Now rare or dial.|ˈləʊnnɪs| Also 7 loness, loanness(e, 9 Sc. laneness. [f. lone a. + -ness.] The quality or condition of being lone; solitariness; loneliness; lonesomeness.
1591Percivall Sp. Dict., Desacompañamiento, lonenesse. 1609Daniel Civ. Wars viii. lxxi, Shee feares the fatall daunger of the place, Her loneness, and the powre of Maiestie. 1609W. Sclater Threef. Preservat. (1610) Ep. Ded., Singular I am sure I am not, Sith neyther I affect lonenesse [etc.]. 1613–16W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. iv, Yet there's in loannesse somewhat may delight. 1839Bailey Festus ii. (1852) 14 That soothing fret which makes the young untried..In dreams and loneness cry. 1844W. Holmes in Whitelaw Bk. Sc. Song (1875) 127 The laneness is gane. |