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单词 crustiness
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crustinessn.

/ˈkrʌstɪnɪs/
Etymology: formed as crusty adj. + -ness suffix.
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.
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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).
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