单词 | desertness |
释义 | desertnessn. Desert condition; barren desolation. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [noun] > deserted condition desertnessa1400 desolationc1460 deserta1500 vastity1545 desolatenessa1626 wastefulness1674 desertedness1818 desertion1876 a1400 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 203 In whylsum place of desertnes. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke v. f. 64 The desertenesse of the countrey liyng waste. a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 773 The desertnesse of the Country..did much afflict them. 1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. ix. i. 201 True desertness is not in the want of leaves, but of life. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.a1400 |
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