ambitiousnessn.

Brit.

/amˈbɪʃəsnəs/, U.S.

/æmˈbɪʃəsnəs/

Forms: see ambitious adj. and n. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ambitious adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < ambitious adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier ambition n.

Ambition; ambitious nature.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > [noun]

folebayrie1340

ambition?a1439

ambitiousnessa1500

affectation1549

aspire1562

aspiring1584

philotimy1593

ambitiositya1600

aspirement1607

aspiration1609

votea1626

anhelation1628

breathinga1635

drivenness1902

the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [noun]

pensifulnessc1450

affectation1548

affection1570

affectedness1622

lady aira1637

fastuousness1649

gentility1650

fastuosity1656

vapouring1656

flatulency1662

hoity-toity1668

pretendingness1701

with an air1701

pretension1706

flatulence1711

uppishness1716

high and mightiness1771

pensieness1825

fine-gentlemanism1831

pretentiousness1838

ambitiousness1845

stuckupishness1853

pretensiveness1859

notion1866

side1870

dog1871

hoity-toityism1881

superiority complex1921

snootiness1932

uppitiness1935

snottiness1973

snoot1984

swag2002

a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) l. 193 It [sc. Alchemy] voidith ambyciousnes extorcion & excesse.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark Pref. 6 To litle to satisfie his ambiciousnes.

1661 W. Caton tr. Eusebius Abridgem. Eccl. Hist. ii. 211 The ambitiousnesse and contention of the Bishops.

1767 A. Campbell Lexiphanes 45 He was disgusted at..the occasionality and ambitiousness of her dress.

1845 Blackwood's Mag. 58 34 Those who measure the value of a poem..by the pretension and ambitiousness of its form.

1949 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 3 May 4/2 Career day in Syracuse is successful because it reflects the ambitiousness of high school seniors.

2008 P. Hensher Northern Clemency 91 The put-upon au pair, acquired..in one of Jimmy's fits of sexual ambitiousness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ambitiousness
释义	ambitiousnessn. Brit. /amˈbɪʃəsnəs/, U.S. /æmˈbɪʃəsnəs/ Forms: see ambitious adj. and n. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ambitious adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < ambitious adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier ambition n. Ambition; ambitious nature. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > [noun] folebayrie1340 ambition?a1439 ambitiousnessa1500 affectation1549 aspire1562 aspiring1584 philotimy1593 ambitiositya1600 aspirement1607 aspiration1609 votea1626 anhelation1628 breathinga1635 drivenness1902 the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [noun] pensifulnessc1450 affectation1548 affection1570 affectedness1622 lady aira1637 fastuousness1649 gentility1650 fastuosity1656 vapouring1656 flatulency1662 hoity-toity1668 pretendingness1701 with an air1701 pretension1706 flatulence1711 uppishness1716 high and mightiness1771 pensieness1825 fine-gentlemanism1831 pretentiousness1838 ambitiousness1845 stuckupishness1853 pretensiveness1859 notion1866 side1870 dog1871 hoity-toityism1881 superiority complex1921 snootiness1932 uppitiness1935 snottiness1973 snoot1984 swag2002 a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) l. 193 It [sc. Alchemy] voidith ambyciousnes extorcion & excesse. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark Pref. 6 To litle to satisfie his ambiciousnes. 1661 W. Caton tr. Eusebius Abridgem. Eccl. Hist. ii. 211 The ambitiousnesse and contention of the Bishops. 1767 A. Campbell Lexiphanes 45 He was disgusted at..the occasionality and ambitiousness of her dress. 1845 Blackwood's Mag. 58 34 Those who measure the value of a poem..by the pretension and ambitiousness of its form. 1949 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 3 May 4/2 Career day in Syracuse is successful because it reflects the ambitiousness of high school seniors. 2008 P. Hensher Northern Clemency 91 The put-upon au pair, acquired..in one of Jimmy's fits of sexual ambitiousness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1500
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