释义 |
ˈoftness Obs. or arch. Also 6–7 oftenes, -ness(e. [f. oft a. + -ness. The spelling ofteness unites this with oftenness.] = oftenness.
1545Elyot Dict., Crebritas, oftnes [1548–52 oftenesse, 1565 oftennesse]. 1572J. Jones Bathes of Bath iii. 25 b, Greatnesse of pulse, swiftnes and oftenes of the same. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxxii. §4 Not the oftnes [1617 oftenesse] of theer fasting, but their hypocrisie therein was blamed. 1642Rogers Naaman 428 So..oftnesse comprehends seldomenesse. |