单词 | crustiness |
释义 | crustinessn. 1. The quality or condition of being crusty. concrete a crusty formation, incrustation. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > [noun] > crusty quality crustiness1608 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > [noun] > a coat or covering layer > a crust or incrustation rove1510 crust?1529 scurfa1555 scruff1591 bark1601 crustiness1608 overcrusting1670 incrustation1671 illinition1794 encrustment1845 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 97 Their..quality is to burne the body..and to bring a hard scale or crustinesse vpon any part. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 269 The upper Crustiness of the Turf was so hardned..that it would endure a few to go over it. 1721 W. Gibson Farriers Dispensatory iii. xiv. 275 They leave such a Hardness and Crustiness that the Part is very apt to..break out into fresh Sores. 2. figurative. Crabbed curtness of manner or temper. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [noun] cursednessc1386 crabbedness1413 thrawnness1499 currishness1542 doggedness1592 spleen1597 incompliance1689 crustiness1727 dourness1794 grumpiness1835 cussedness1852 nabalism1853 ungeniality1859 disgrace1861 cantankerousness1881 ugliness1889 stroppiness1969 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Crustiness..pettishness of Temper. 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall I. 176 Old Christy unbent from his usual crustiness. 1840 W. Irving Chron. Wolfert's Roost (1855) 198 An old English gentleman, of great probity, some understanding, and very considerable crustiness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1608 |
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