drynessn.

/ˈdrʌɪnɛs/

Forms: see dry adj.; also Middle English–1500s drines, 1500s–1600s drinesse, 1600s–1700s driness.

Etymology: < dry adj. + -ness suffix.

a. The quality or condition of being dry; absence or deficiency of moisture; aridity; drought.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > aridity or lack of moisture

droughta1100

dryness1398

drytha1533

squalora1637

aritude1656

aridness1731

aridity1796

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iv. iii. 83 Dryenesse spoyllyth the heed of the heer and makyth it ballyd.

1483 Cath. Angl. 108/2 A Drynes, ariditas.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 215/2 Drinesse, sechesse..Drighnesse, chaline.

1543–4 Act 35 Hen. VIII c. 10 For the drines of the earth.

1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iii. f. 19 Wyndes..some of them bryngyng rayne, some drynes.

1642 J. Denham Cooper's Hill 13 While drinesse, moysture, coldnesse heat resists.

1770 A. Hunter in A. Hunter et al. Georgical Ess. III. iii. 119 According to the dryness or wetness of the season.

1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 562 The milky liquid is evaporated to dryness.

†b. concrete. A dry place; dry land. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > barren land or desert > waterless

droughta1000

dryheada1300

drynessa1398

carbuncle1577

jornada1828

thirst-land1878

dry land1893

thirst-country1895

thirst1906

dry1909

dust-bowl1936

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. lxix. 860 It [sc. Nitrum]..is ymade right as salt in drynesse in olde clyues.

c1450 Chester Pl. (E.E.T.S.) 21 That drynes earth men shall call; The gathering of the waters all Seas to name.

†c. The condition of being dried up; failure, cessation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > fact of running out

defaultinga1382

running outa1398

dryness1625

failancea1627

fail1654

failure1695

dry-up1940

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 244 This will preserue Borrowing from any generall Stop or Drinesse.

2. Thirst. Obsolete (or only in informal use.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > [noun]

thirstc1000

dry1377

drought1393

thirstingc1500

drynessa1535

dryth1557

thirstiness1583

thirst-longing?1617

droughtiness1720

a spark in one's throat1721

a1535 J. Fisher Serm. Good Friday in Spirituall Consol. (c1578) sig. F.vj How in his dryghnesse they would haue filled it with Asell and Gaule.

1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 176 Much sweter then Hony, and most pleasantly aswageth drines.

3. figurative.

a. Absence of emotion, feeling, or fervour; lack of cordiality; coldness of feeling; distance of manner.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > want of or incapacity for emotion

dryheada1300

lethargyc1380

drynessc1450

dumping1542

unsensibility1551

insensibleness?1555

unsensibleness?1555

stupidity1568

stolidity1570

stupor1570

dumpishness1574

senselessness1577

innaturality1579

astoniedness1580

impassibility1603

stupefaction1603

torpor1607

deadness1611

unsufferance1611

hebetude1621

nonsense1621

drought1622

hebetation1623

obstupefaction1625

unanswerableness1626

tastelessnessa1631

insensateness1646

impassiveness1648

obtuseness1648

barrenness1655

torpulency1657

sterility1661

spiritlessness1669

unspiritedness1669

unaffectedness1678

insensibility1691

stolidness1727

apathy1742

impenetrableness1747

unfeelingness1766

impassivity1794

unfeeling1805

soullessness1811

incommobility1822

obtusity1823

unimpressibleness1830

hardhead1836

stockishness1837

insensitiveness1838

impenetrability1847

unreceptivity1849

unsusceptibility1850

woodenness1854

unimpressionability1862

irresponsiveness1864

unresponsiveness1869

impassibleness1874

irreceptivity1881

unimpressibility1889

apatheia1893

inemotivity1894

affectlessness1921

insensitivity1957

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun]

indolency1603

unpassionateness1611

non-feelingness1650

indolence1656

dispassion1690

dryness1748

dispassionateness1842

passionlessness1867

emotionlessness1873

c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. lx. 142 Lest my soule faile for werynes & drynes of mynde.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. avii Drinesse of spirite, cometh somtyme..whan a persone gyueth hym selfe moche to worldly or bodily myrthe & pleasure.

1671 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa i. iv. 12 God changed the driness wherein my soul had formerly been, into an extream tenderness.

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxxvi. 322 There was a dryness between the lieutenant and him, on my account.

1831 Society 1 310 An apparent want of delicacy in his accosting her..made her manner assume a dryness very unlike its usual tone.

b. Absence of embellishment, plainness, baldness; lack of interest, dullness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious

irksomeness1533

wearisomeness1579

inanity1603

tediositya1625

drynessa1637

unliveliness1643

flatness1649

tedium1662

tiresomeness1668

aridity1692

languor1741

dullness1751

uninterestingness1794

ponderousness1801

yawniness1805

unimpressiveness1827

slowness1828

grey1830

fadeness1837

woodenness1854

tristeness1866

boresomeness1883

boringness1893

stodginess1899

monochrome1962

a1637 B. Jonson Timber 1805 in Wks. (1640) III Their new flowers, and sweetnesse doe..as much corrupt, as the others drinesse, and squallor.

1709 Tatler No. 43. ⁋5 The Learned have so long laboured under the Imputation of Dryness and Dulness in their Accounts of their Phænomena.

1717 S. Garth in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Metamorphoses Pref. ⁋ lviii Paraphrase where penury of fancy or dryness of expression ask it.

1853 ‘C. Bede’ Adventures Mr. Verdant Green ix. 78 The dryness of the daily routine of lectures.

4. The condition of being ‘dry’ (see dry adj. 11a) or without alcohol; prohibition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [noun]

undrinking1692

abstinence1731

dryness1910

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [noun] > prohibition

prohibition1843

dryness1910

1910 ‘M. Twain’ Speeches 430 When the others drink I like to help; otherwise I remain dry. This dryness does not hurt me.

1920 Contemp. Rev. July 79 ‘Dryness’ in America is enormously increasing the consumption [of sugar] there.

1927 Observer 24 July 9/2 President Coolidge will..run as a staunch champion of ‘dryness’.

1944 W. R. Scott Revolt on Mount Sinai xxii. 175 The platform..ordered the drys to stop measuring candidates for Congress..by their degrees of dryness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	dryness
释义	drynessn. /ˈdrʌɪnɛs/ Forms: see dry adj.; also Middle English–1500s drines, 1500s–1600s drinesse, 1600s–1700s driness. Etymology: < dry adj. + -ness suffix. 1. a. The quality or condition of being dry; absence or deficiency of moisture; aridity; drought. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > aridity or lack of moisture droughta1100 dryness1398 drytha1533 squalora1637 aritude1656 aridness1731 aridity1796 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iv. iii. 83 Dryenesse spoyllyth the heed of the heer and makyth it ballyd. 1483 Cath. Angl. 108/2 A Drynes, ariditas. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 215/2 Drinesse, sechesse..Drighnesse, chaline. 1543–4 Act 35 Hen. VIII c. 10 For the drines of the earth. 1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors iii. f. 19 Wyndes..some of them bryngyng rayne, some drynes. 1642 J. Denham Cooper's Hill 13 While drinesse, moysture, coldnesse heat resists. 1770 A. Hunter in A. Hunter et al. Georgical Ess. III. iii. 119 According to the dryness or wetness of the season. 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 562 The milky liquid is evaporated to dryness. †b. concrete. A dry place; dry land. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > barren land or desert > waterless droughta1000 dryheada1300 drynessa1398 carbuncle1577 jornada1828 thirst-land1878 dry land1893 thirst-country1895 thirst1906 dry1909 dust-bowl1936 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. lxix. 860 It [sc. Nitrum]..is ymade right as salt in drynesse in olde clyues. c1450 Chester Pl. (E.E.T.S.) 21 That drynes earth men shall call; The gathering of the waters all Seas to name. †c. The condition of being dried up; failure, cessation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > state of being limited in amount > fact of running out defaultinga1382 running outa1398 dryness1625 failancea1627 fail1654 failure1695 dry-up1940 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 244 This will preserue Borrowing from any generall Stop or Drinesse. 2. Thirst. Obsolete (or only in informal use.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > [noun] thirstc1000 dry1377 drought1393 thirstingc1500 drynessa1535 dryth1557 thirstiness1583 thirst-longing?1617 droughtiness1720 a spark in one's throat1721 a1535 J. Fisher Serm. Good Friday in Spirituall Consol. (c1578) sig. F.vj How in his dryghnesse they would haue filled it with Asell and Gaule. 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 176 Much sweter then Hony, and most pleasantly aswageth drines. 3. figurative. a. Absence of emotion, feeling, or fervour; lack of cordiality; coldness of feeling; distance of manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > want of or incapacity for emotion dryheada1300 lethargyc1380 drynessc1450 dumping1542 unsensibility1551 insensibleness?1555 unsensibleness?1555 stupidity1568 stolidity1570 stupor1570 dumpishness1574 senselessness1577 innaturality1579 astoniedness1580 impassibility1603 stupefaction1603 torpor1607 deadness1611 unsufferance1611 hebetude1621 nonsense1621 drought1622 hebetation1623 obstupefaction1625 unanswerableness1626 tastelessnessa1631 insensateness1646 impassiveness1648 obtuseness1648 barrenness1655 torpulency1657 sterility1661 spiritlessness1669 unspiritedness1669 unaffectedness1678 insensibility1691 stolidness1727 apathy1742 impenetrableness1747 unfeelingness1766 impassivity1794 unfeeling1805 soullessness1811 incommobility1822 obtusity1823 unimpressibleness1830 hardhead1836 stockishness1837 insensitiveness1838 impenetrability1847 unreceptivity1849 unsusceptibility1850 woodenness1854 unimpressionability1862 irresponsiveness1864 unresponsiveness1869 impassibleness1874 irreceptivity1881 unimpressibility1889 apatheia1893 inemotivity1894 affectlessness1921 insensitivity1957 the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] indolency1603 unpassionateness1611 non-feelingness1650 indolence1656 dispassion1690 dryness1748 dispassionateness1842 passionlessness1867 emotionlessness1873 c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. lx. 142 Lest my soule faile for werynes & drynes of mynde. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. avii Drinesse of spirite, cometh somtyme..whan a persone gyueth hym selfe moche to worldly or bodily myrthe & pleasure. 1671 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa i. iv. 12 God changed the driness wherein my soul had formerly been, into an extream tenderness. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxxvi. 322 There was a dryness between the lieutenant and him, on my account. 1831 Society 1 310 An apparent want of delicacy in his accosting her..made her manner assume a dryness very unlike its usual tone. b. Absence of embellishment, plainness, baldness; lack of interest, dullness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious irksomeness1533 wearisomeness1579 inanity1603 tediositya1625 drynessa1637 unliveliness1643 flatness1649 tedium1662 tiresomeness1668 aridity1692 languor1741 dullness1751 uninterestingness1794 ponderousness1801 yawniness1805 unimpressiveness1827 slowness1828 grey1830 fadeness1837 woodenness1854 tristeness1866 boresomeness1883 boringness1893 stodginess1899 monochrome1962 a1637 B. Jonson Timber 1805 in Wks. (1640) III Their new flowers, and sweetnesse doe..as much corrupt, as the others drinesse, and squallor. 1709 Tatler No. 43. ⁋5 The Learned have so long laboured under the Imputation of Dryness and Dulness in their Accounts of their Phænomena. 1717 S. Garth in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Metamorphoses Pref. ⁋ lviii Paraphrase where penury of fancy or dryness of expression ask it. 1853 ‘C. Bede’ Adventures Mr. Verdant Green ix. 78 The dryness of the daily routine of lectures. 4. The condition of being ‘dry’ (see dry adj. 11a) or without alcohol; prohibition. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [noun] undrinking1692 abstinence1731 dryness1910 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [noun] > prohibition prohibition1843 dryness1910 1910 ‘M. Twain’ Speeches 430 When the others drink I like to help; otherwise I remain dry. This dryness does not hurt me. 1920 Contemp. Rev. July 79 ‘Dryness’ in America is enormously increasing the consumption [of sugar] there. 1927 Observer 24 July 9/2 President Coolidge will..run as a staunch champion of ‘dryness’. 1944 W. R. Scott Revolt on Mount Sinai xxii. 175 The platform..ordered the drys to stop measuring candidates for Congress..by their degrees of dryness. 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