释义 |
seˈvereness Now rare. [-ness.] Severity.
1579–80North Plutarch, Phocion (1595) 792 This fault of seuerenes was in Cato the younger. 1597I. T. Serm. Paules Crosse 37 We doubt he will execute it with seuerenesse. 1610Donne Pseudo-Martyr 118 The certainety, seuereness, and length of Purgatory. 1667H. More Div. Dial. v. xxi. (1713) 476 That Severeness and Austerity observable in the Baptist. 1673Temple United Prov. i. 20 The Severeness and Gravity of the [Spanish] Nation. |