earliernessn.

Brit.

/ˈəːlɪənᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈərliərnᵻs/

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

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

Etymology: < earlier, comparative of early adj. + -ness suffix.

rare.

The fact or condition of occurring earlier in time; priority, precedence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun]

priority?a1475

prevention1544

earliness1575

foregoinga1586

foreness1587

formerness1587

antecedency1598

anteriority1599

precedence1605

pregression1623

antecedencea1626

antecession1629

precedency1634

beforeness1635

earlierness1674

previousness1677

precursorship1856

anteriornessa1866

precession1898

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge Contents A Moreness of worlds, and Earlyerness of this world, stand upon the same untrusty bottom.

1880 F. J. Furnivall in W. Griggs Shakespere's Love's Labor's Lost p. xii The metrical facts are those which to me settle the earlierness of L. L. L. over the Errors.

1976 M. L. Tickoo et al. Intermediate Gram. Usage & Composition (2005) xii. 126 It is often possible to bring out the earlierness of either action..with the help of conjunctions like before or after.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	earlierness
释义	earliernessn. Brit. /ˈəːlɪənᵻs/, U.S. /ˈərliərnᵻs/ Forms: see early adj. and n. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English earlier , early adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < earlier, comparative of early adj. + -ness suffix. rare. The fact or condition of occurring earlier in time; priority, precedence. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [noun] priority?a1475 prevention1544 earliness1575 foregoinga1586 foreness1587 formerness1587 antecedency1598 anteriority1599 precedence1605 pregression1623 antecedencea1626 antecession1629 precedency1634 beforeness1635 earlierness1674 previousness1677 precursorship1856 anteriornessa1866 precession1898 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge Contents A Moreness of worlds, and Earlyerness of this world, stand upon the same untrusty bottom. 1880 F. J. Furnivall in W. Griggs Shakespere's Love's Labor's Lost p. xii The metrical facts are those which to me settle the earlierness of L. L. L. over the Errors. 1976 M. L. Tickoo et al. Intermediate Gram. Usage & Composition (2005) xii. 126 It is often possible to bring out the earlierness of either action..with the help of conjunctions like before or after. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1674
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