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单词 desultoriness
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desultorinessn.

Etymology: < desultory adj. and n. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdesultoriness.
The quality of being desultory; scrappy discursiveness; disconnectedness; lack of method.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [noun] > lack of method
desultoriness1661
casualness1882
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [noun] > disconnectedness
inconnection1620
disjointedness1655
desultoriness1661
unconnection1766
disconnection1815
disconnectedness1823
snippetiness1878
1661 R. Boyle Some Consid. Style of Script. (1675) Pref. 10 The Seeming Desultorinesse of my Method.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Desultoriness, the Skipping from one Thing to another.
1788 T. Reid Ess. Active Powers Man ii. iii. 538 There is a desultoriness of thought in man.
1816 Buchan in Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 360 Excuse the desultoriness of these observations.
1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Aug. 12 Accidental defects of desultoriness and sketchiness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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