单词 | deepness |
释义 | deepnessn. Now rare; displaced by depth n. 1. a. The quality of being deep, or of considerable extension or distance downwards, or inwards; depth. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [noun] > great or considerable depth deepnessc1384 lownessa1387 profundity?a1425 profoundness1509 depth1526 lowth1526 hownessa1605 profunditudec1616 profundeur1658 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xiii. 5 For thei hadde nat depnesse of erthe. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 89 Þouȝ þat þei acorden togidere in depnes & in streitnesse of þe mouþ. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 213/1 Depnesse of any thyng, profundité. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures 169 A river..which for the bredth and deepness of it is frequented with much shipping. 1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. i. xv. 112 Seeds, many of which, from their deepness in the earth, will not vegetate. 1823 W. Scott Peveril I. iii*. 81 The deepness of his obeisance. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [noun] > with reference to condition or situation > specific condition crabbedness1546 deepness1603 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 681 By reason of the deepnesse of the way and heauinesse of the great ordinance. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 292 The deepnesse of the Way. 1780 Impart. Hist. War Amer. 240 [The troops] had suffered excessively from the severity of the climate, the deepness of the roads. 2. Measurement or dimension downwards, inwards, or through; depth. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [noun] deepc1000 deepnessc1330 depth1393 descending1571 profunditudec1616 profoundness1693 sidth1831 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10, 312 Fyue fot hit haþ of depnes. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1483) v. xiv. 107 Ther is no body parfit withouten thre dymensions that is breede lengthe and depnesse. 1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. i. Defin. As I take it here, the depenesse of his bodie is his thicknesse in the sides. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 252 The deepness of the Sea usually answers to the height of Mountains. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 136 In deepness they were four yards each. 3. a. figurative. Of thought, knowledge, etc.: Depth; penetration; profundity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] > depth or intensity of deepnessa1000 inwardness1836 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [noun] deepnessa1000 subtletya1387 difficultyc1405 mistiheadc1425 darknessc1450 obscurity1474 profoundnessc1475 obscureness1509 profundity1559 perplexity1563 opacity1575 darksomeness1583 perplexednessa1586 deptha1593 spinosity1605 abstruseness1628 abstrusity1649 inevidence1673 enigmaticalness1684 dark1699 indistinctness1704 confusion1729 reconditeness1779 obfuscity1832 oracularity1840 irrecognizability1847 recondity1856 unrecognizableness1865 crypticity1892 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > deep or subtle deepnessa1000 subtletyc1300 subtlehead1340 subtilitya1393 subtlenessa1398 subtiltyc1405 subtilesse?1473 subtileness1474 finesse1522 sleightness1526 profoundness1605 a1000 Hymns (Gr.) iii. 33 Swa þæt ænig ne wat eorðbuendra ða deopnesse Drihtnes mihta. a1225 Leg. Kath. 980 Þis is nu þe derfschipe of þi dusi onsware, and te deopnesse. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 105 Þe dyepnesse of his zoþhede. c1440 Secrees 127 Þe clernesse of ȝoure wyt & þe depnesse of ȝoure conynge passys all men. 1577 W. Clowes et al. in Vicary's Profitable Treat. Anat. Ep. Ded. sig. ¶.v We who..practise in Surgerie, according to the deepnes of the Arte. 1653 T. Manton Pract. Comm. James i. 25 Deepness of Meditation. a1720 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) I. 271 Deepness of thought. ΚΠ 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rev. ii. 24 Vnto you..which have not knowen the depnes of Satan. 1646 J. Gregory Notes & Observ. xxvi. 123 The greatest deepenesse of Satan. 4. Of moral qualities, feelings, etc.: Depth, intensity; gravity. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [noun] > intensity or depth strengthOE deepnessc1175 inliheadc1450 profundity1565 depth1597 keenness1600 profoundness1612 poignancy1745 poignance1812 intensity1830 inwardness1836 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 49 Þes put bitacneð deopnesse of sunne. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. H.vi The depenesse of good wylles ought to be wonne with the depnes of the hearte. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 114 In the deepnesse of sorrow. 5. Of physical qualities, etc.: a. Of sound: Sonorousness, or lowness of pitch. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > [noun] > low pitch lowness1574 deepness1626 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > thing heard > [noun] > sound > quality of sound > pitch > lowness of baseness1610 deepness1626 gravity1669 bassness1880 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §852 Heat also dilateth the Pipes, and Organs, which causeth the Deepnesse of the Voice. 1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 11 For Deepness of Cry, the largest Dogs having the greatest mouths. 1711 E. Budgell Spectator No. 116. ⁋3 These [hounds]..by the Deepness of their Mouths and the Variety of their Notes. b. Of colour, etc.: Intensity. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [noun] > saturation > intensity fullness1440 strength1578 deepness1821 1821 W. Scott Pirate II. vii. 160 Her glowing cheek..in the deepness of its crimson. a. concrete. A deep place or cavity, an abyss; a deep part of the sea, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > [noun] > deep place or part swallowa700 deepnessa1000 deepOE swallowa1100 depth1382 gulfc1400 profound?a1425 abysm?1614 the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hole or pit > [noun] > abyss swallowa700 deepnessa1000 deep1393 abysmc1475 dungeonc1475 depth1523 gulfa1533 downfall1542 hell-kettle1577 abysmus1611 vorago1654 under-abyss1662 purgatory1766 fosse1805 jaw-hole1840 a1000 Lambeth Psalter lxviii. 3 Ic com on deopnysse sæ. c1000 Gosp. Nicod. 24 (Bosw.) On ðære hellican deopnysse. a1300 E.E. Psalter lxviii. 16 Ne ouerswelyhe me depenes. 1382 J. Wyclif Psalms cxlviii. 7 Dragonnes, and alle depnessis. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 118 Depenesse of watur, gurges. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. ii. sig. a.vi v The destruccyon & the fallynge in to depnes of al ye townes castelles, & cytees of the worlde. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 203 In heuen & in erthe & in see and in all depnesses. ΚΠ 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 211 Þe bene þet comþ of þe dyepnesse of þe herte. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Cor. ii. A All thinges, yee euen the depenesses of the Godhead. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) i. 17 The iugement of gode..is ane profound onknauen deipnes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1000 |
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