单词 | costliness |
释义 | costlinessn. 1. The quality of being costly; expensiveness; sumptuousness; extravagance. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > sumptuousness magnificencea1425 costiousnessc1443 sumpt1449 sumptuousness1525 costliness1528 magnificency1538 sumptuosity1550 richness1597 sumpture?1624 opulence1650 ritziness1931 plushiness1938 society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > that on which money is expended > costliness costiousnessc1443 sumptuousness1525 costliness1528 sumpture?1624 chargeablenessa1656 expensiveness1655 1528 W. Tyndale That Fayth Mother of All Good Workes f. xi She had no respecte to hyr selfe.., nether the costlynes of hyr oyntement. a1536 W. Tyndale Expos. Fyrste, Seconde, & Thyrde Epist. St. Jhon (?1537) 81 To purchase oughte of hym for ye costlynesse..of the present. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. v. ix. sig. Mm1v A Closet, to whose Costliness nothing can put limits. 1673 W. Cave Primitive Christianity i. vi. 144 The churches began to excel in costliness and bravery. 1705 W. Fleetwood Relative Duties Parents & Children ix. 233 The occasion of this excessive costliness and gaiety must be, at the bottom, Pride. 1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty vi. 30 The grandeur of the Eastern dress..depends as much on quantity as on costliness. 1817 Amer. Baptist Mag. Mar. 56/1 The putting on of apparel is not absolutely forbidden, but only too much curiosity and costliness in appearance. 1868 M. Pattison Suggestions Acad. Organisation iv. 57 The costliness of a university education. 1920 E. Wharton Age of Innocence i. i. 1 A new Opera House which should compete in costliness and splendour with those of the great European capitals. 1979 J. Snowden Folk Dress of Europe 25 The suba, a sheepskin cloak, was developed from primitive peasant wear to a garment of considerable elaboration and costliness. 2014 Beijing Rev. (Nexis) 10 Apr. Another problem is the costliness and time taken by the legal procedures for solving medical disputes. 2. concrete. A costly thing, esp. an expensive or sumptuous adornment. Also as a mass noun: costly things; treasure. Somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [noun] > hoarded wealth > treasure treasure1154 garrison1297 treasury1297 scat1481 thesaur1491 costliness1535 wealth-store1891 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. xx. 5 All their precious and gorgeous workes, all costlynesse, and all the treasure of the kinges. 1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty ix. 114 To decry all those costlinesses, delicacies and softnesses, bestowed on clothes, or houses, or bodies. 1817 W. M. Craig tr. G. de Lairesse Treat. Art of Painting 75 The housing was purple, richly embroidered with gold, powdered with pearls and other costlinesses. 1894 Westm. Budget 2 Nov. 832/2 I plead guilty to a delight in ‘first states’ Elzevirs..—folio editions, authors' manuscripts, and one or two other costlinesses. 1904 S. Gordon Unto Each Man his Own xxi. 200 Its many beauties and costlinesses recurred to her with singular clearness. 1954 A. Loesser Men, Women, & Pianos vii. iii. 595 The makers..were not averse to adding a few more costlinesses to it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1528 |
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