单词 | consequentialness |
释义 | consequentialnessn. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > argument, source of conviction > [noun] > logical sequence > state of consequentialness1684 consecutiveness1833 1684 R. Burthogge Argument Infants Baptisme i. 18 Which Duty and Incumbence, and the Consequentialness of it from the Covenant is, etc. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Consequentialness,..the Following by Way of Consequence, or the being of Consequence. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Consequentialness, regular consecution of discourse. 2. Important or self-important quality or personality; = consequentiality n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-importance > [noun] importance1607 self-importance1727 self-consequence1753 consequence1791 consequentiality1820 consequentialness1828 prima donnaship1889 Pooh-Bahism1892 prima donnaism1931 1828 R. Southey Poet. Epist. to A. Cunningham Let Her pamper'd lap-dog..snap and growl, With petulant consequentialness elate. 1883 S. Baring-Gould John Herring I. 183 What does your consequentialness desire? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1684 |
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