cloudingn.

/ˈklaʊdɪŋ/

Etymology: < cloud v. + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of cloud v.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > gloomy quality

drear1563

dreariment1579

drearihead1591

cloudinessa1600

dismalness1620

dolesomeness1625

cheerlessnessa1631

joylessnessa1631

drearihood1647

clouding1654

dismality1723

dreariness1727

mirthlessness1727

sombre1795

undelighta1822

sombreness1847

sombrousness1847

unhomelikeness1858

drearness1861

comfortlessness1865

unhomeliness1879

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [noun] > rendering obscure

clouding1654

scumbling1977

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 269 History..tainted with cloudings of Truth.

1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem ii. 31 For all thy frownings and thy cloudings.

1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 20 More expedient for y^e clouding than clearing of the Scriptures.

2. concrete.

a. A cloudy marking.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > [noun] > cloudy patch

clouda1616

milkiness1791

clouding1849

1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. iv. 131 Variable cloudings in the most vivid colour.

1870 J. Ruskin Lect. Art vi. 155 The cloudings of the tortoise-shell.

b. A cloudy streak or part in a clear substance. (Mostly in plural.)

ΚΠ

1883 Cent. Mag. Sept. 719/1 Being a mountain streamlet, it bears along..rootlets, scales of mica, cloudings of earthy substance, etc.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

cloudingadj.

Etymology: formed as cloud v. + -ing suffix².

That clouds; that is becoming clouded or dim.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > cloudy or overcast > becoming

over-clouding1792

clouding1868

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > having dimness or poor vision

darkOE

dima1220

bissona1250

murka1300

mistedc1450

obfuscatec1487

spurblind1508

sand-blind1538

dim-sighted1561

blinking1568

dimmed1590

weak-sighteda1591

purblind1592

sand-eyed1592

thick-eyed1598

left-eyed1609

mole-eyed1610

blindish1611

mole-sighted1625

sanded1629

veiled1633

weak-eyed1645

scotomatical1656

mole-blinda1660

swimming1697

wavering1842

foggy1847

scotomatous1866

clouding1868

wall-eyed1873

1868 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. July 38 The old strength of sight and of flight had passed from weary wing and clouding eye.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	clouding
释义	cloudingn. /ˈklaʊdɪŋ/ Etymology: < cloud v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of cloud v. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > gloomy quality drear1563 dreariment1579 drearihead1591 cloudinessa1600 dismalness1620 dolesomeness1625 cheerlessnessa1631 joylessnessa1631 drearihood1647 clouding1654 dismality1723 dreariness1727 mirthlessness1727 sombre1795 undelighta1822 sombreness1847 sombrousness1847 unhomelikeness1858 drearness1861 comfortlessness1865 unhomeliness1879 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [noun] > rendering obscure clouding1654 scumbling1977 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 269 History..tainted with cloudings of Truth. 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem ii. 31 For all thy frownings and thy cloudings. 1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 20 More expedient for y^e clouding than clearing of the Scriptures. 2. concrete. a. A cloudy marking. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > [noun] > cloudy patch clouda1616 milkiness1791 clouding1849 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. iv. 131 Variable cloudings in the most vivid colour. 1870 J. Ruskin Lect. Art vi. 155 The cloudings of the tortoise-shell. b. A cloudy streak or part in a clear substance. (Mostly in plural.) ΚΠ 1883 Cent. Mag. Sept. 719/1 Being a mountain streamlet, it bears along..rootlets, scales of mica, cloudings of earthy substance, etc. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). cloudingadj. Etymology: formed as cloud v. + -ing suffix². That clouds; that is becoming clouded or dim. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > cloudy or overcast > becoming over-clouding1792 clouding1868 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > having dimness or poor vision darkOE dima1220 bissona1250 murka1300 mistedc1450 obfuscatec1487 spurblind1508 sand-blind1538 dim-sighted1561 blinking1568 dimmed1590 weak-sighteda1591 purblind1592 sand-eyed1592 thick-eyed1598 left-eyed1609 mole-eyed1610 blindish1611 mole-sighted1625 sanded1629 veiled1633 weak-eyed1645 scotomatical1656 mole-blinda1660 swimming1697 wavering1842 foggy1847 scotomatous1866 clouding1868 wall-eyed1873 1868 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. July 38 The old strength of sight and of flight had passed from weary wing and clouding eye. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1654adj.1868
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