contagiousnessn.

/kənˈteɪdʒəsnɪs/

Etymology: formed as contagious adj. + -ness suffix.

The state or quality of being contagious (in the different senses of the word):

a. literal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > insalubrity > [noun]

infirmity1481

unwholesomenessa1513

contagiousness1530

evilness1563

malignity1585

unhealthfulness1598

untemperaturea1604

unhealthsomeness1613

healthlessness1655

unsoundness1660

insalubrity1663

unhealthiness1666

unsalubrity1694

malignancy1732

pestilentiousness1748

mal-influence1792

insanitariness1881

insanitation1884

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [noun] > contagion > contagious quality

contagiosity1430

contagiousness1530

contagion1596

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 208/1 Contagiousnesse, infection.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie S 661 The contagiousnesse [L. vis morbi] of the disease did spreade far abroade.

1594 H. Plat Jewell House 8 (heading) Howe to keepe..anie fowle or other peece of flesh sounde and sweete..notwithstanding the contagiousnesse of the weather.

1685 R. Boyle Exper. Disc. Salubr. Air 93 in Ess. Effects Motion Put a speedy stop, not only to the contagiousness, but to the malignity of the Plague.

1874 tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. I. 468 No intelligent observer has yet doubted the contagiousness of typhus fever, small-pox, and other purely contagious diseases.

b. figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > corrupting > infection > state or quality of

contagiousness1541

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > infectious quality of emotion > [noun] > state of being infectious

infectiousness1749

contagiousness1871

1541 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 363/2 Wherfore flye from such contagiousnesse of men and auoid their wordes as a cancar.

1547 Certain Serm. or Homilies Contention i, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) i. 137 A railing tongue is a pestilence so full of contagiousness.

1648 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia 177 (T.) An excellent preservative against the contagiousness of sin.

1871 S. Smiles Character i. 17 There is a contagiousness in every example of energetic conduct.

c. Ecology. = contagion n. 8.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > balance of nature > distribution > [noun] > association or aggregation > non-random concentration of individuals

contagiousness1939

contagion1951

1939 J. Neyman in Ann. Math. Statistics 10 37 The cause of the contagiousness of the distribution of larvae in experimental plots is clear.

1949 Ecology XXX. 202/1 The ratio of abundance to frequency is a relative measure of the degree of contagiousness of the distribution of any species.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	contagiousness
释义	contagiousnessn. /kənˈteɪdʒəsnɪs/ Etymology: formed as contagious adj. + -ness suffix. The state or quality of being contagious (in the different senses of the word): a. literal. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > insalubrity > [noun] infirmity1481 unwholesomenessa1513 contagiousness1530 evilness1563 malignity1585 unhealthfulness1598 untemperaturea1604 unhealthsomeness1613 healthlessness1655 unsoundness1660 insalubrity1663 unhealthiness1666 unsalubrity1694 malignancy1732 pestilentiousness1748 mal-influence1792 insanitariness1881 insanitation1884 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [noun] > contagion > contagious quality contagiosity1430 contagiousness1530 contagion1596 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 208/1 Contagiousnesse, infection. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie S 661 The contagiousnesse [L. vis morbi] of the disease did spreade far abroade. 1594 H. Plat Jewell House 8 (heading) Howe to keepe..anie fowle or other peece of flesh sounde and sweete..notwithstanding the contagiousnesse of the weather. 1685 R. Boyle Exper. Disc. Salubr. Air 93 in Ess. Effects Motion Put a speedy stop, not only to the contagiousness, but to the malignity of the Plague. 1874 tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. I. 468 No intelligent observer has yet doubted the contagiousness of typhus fever, small-pox, and other purely contagious diseases. b. figurative. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > corrupting > infection > state or quality of contagiousness1541 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > infectious quality of emotion > [noun] > state of being infectious infectiousness1749 contagiousness1871 1541 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 363/2 Wherfore flye from such contagiousnesse of men and auoid their wordes as a cancar. 1547 Certain Serm. or Homilies Contention i, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) i. 137 A railing tongue is a pestilence so full of contagiousness. 1648 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia 177 (T.) An excellent preservative against the contagiousness of sin. 1871 S. Smiles Character i. 17 There is a contagiousness in every example of energetic conduct. c. Ecology. = contagion n. 8. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > distribution > [noun] > association or aggregation > non-random concentration of individuals contagiousness1939 contagion1951 1939 J. Neyman in Ann. Math. Statistics 10 37 The cause of the contagiousness of the distribution of larvae in experimental plots is clear. 1949 Ecology XXX. 202/1 The ratio of abundance to frequency is a relative measure of the degree of contagiousness of the distribution of any species. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1530
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