alternativenessn.

Brit.

/ɔːlˈtəːnətᵻvnᵻs/,

/ɒlˈtəːnətᵻvnᵻs/, U.S.

/ɔlˈtərnədɪvnᵻs/,

/ɑlˈtərnədɪvnᵻs/

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

Etymology: < alternative adj. + -ness suffix. With sense 1 compare slightly later alternateness n.

†1. The quality of being alternate; alternateness. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

a1644 F. Quarles Solomon's Recantation (1688) 69 The best injoyments of this Life are a perpetual alternativeness of real Cares and Torments.

1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Alternativeness, a succession by course.

2. The quality of being alternative, of offering a choice between two or more things. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1780 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. Alternativeness, the quality or state of being alternative.

1824 H. Wheaton Rep. Supreme Court U.S. 9 383 The informations had been amended, and studiously avoided the difficulty heretofore made on account of the alternativeness of the charges.

1913 R. Shackleton Unvisited Places Old Europe xi. 166 To Belgian Aubel or Prussian Eugen, to the court of Verviers or that of Aix-la-Chapelle, on appeal to Liège or Cologne—such is the whimsical alternativeness.

1934 Jrnl. Philos. 31 159 I should like to urge the alternativeness of these methods; I mean that one is not subordinate to, nor in any way connected with, the other.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alternativeness
释义	alternativenessn. Brit. /ɔːlˈtəːnətᵻvnᵻs/, /ɒlˈtəːnətᵻvnᵻs/, U.S. /ɔlˈtərnədɪvnᵻs/, /ɑlˈtərnədɪvnᵻs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: alternative adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < alternative adj. + -ness suffix. With sense 1 compare slightly later alternateness n. †1. The quality of being alternate; alternateness. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ a1644 F. Quarles Solomon's Recantation (1688) 69 The best injoyments of this Life are a perpetual alternativeness of real Cares and Torments. 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Alternativeness, a succession by course. 2. The quality of being alternative, of offering a choice between two or more things. Now rare. ΚΠ 1780 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. Alternativeness, the quality or state of being alternative. 1824 H. Wheaton Rep. Supreme Court U.S. 9 383 The informations had been amended, and studiously avoided the difficulty heretofore made on account of the alternativeness of the charges. 1913 R. Shackleton Unvisited Places Old Europe xi. 166 To Belgian Aubel or Prussian Eugen, to the court of Verviers or that of Aix-la-Chapelle, on appeal to Liège or Cologne—such is the whimsical alternativeness. 1934 Jrnl. Philos. 31 159 I should like to urge the alternativeness of these methods; I mean that one is not subordinate to, nor in any way connected with, the other. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1644
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