单词 | aloneness |
释义 | alonenessn. The state or quality of being alone or solitary; spec. solitude. Also: loneliness. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [noun] onenessOE alangenessc1330 solitudec1374 alonenessc1384 solenessc1449 solitarinessa1533 solitarnessa1578 lonelinessa1586 lonedom1612 lonesomeness1702 solitarity1811 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Joel ii. 3 After hym aloonenesse [a1425 L.V. wildirness] of desert. a1400 tr. R. Rolle Oleum Effusum in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 190 Ihesu es..funden..not among many bot in alones [Thrn: anelynes]. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Esther xvi. 14 He thouȝte..whanne thei weren slayn, he schulde sette tresoun to oure aloonenesse [a1382 E.V. onlihed]. 1564 N. Haward tr. Eutropius Briefe Chron. vii. sig. N.ii Every manne had bewailed his owne private losse and alonenesse. 1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 61 God being sibi solus..did..communicate himself out of his Alonenesse euerlasting unto somewhat else. 1675 T. Brooks Word in Season 208 in Paradice Opened Don't talk of thy solitariness and aloneness. 1767 R. Shirra Fellowship with Blessed Trinity 14 There is an aloneness of Christ and the believer; they two together are alone. 1842 Dublin Univ. Mag. Dec. 698/1 The figure, too, in its aloneness,..is more touching than surrounded by the usual group of mourners. 1866 Cornhill Mag. Aug. 134 A sharp, sudden thorn of aloneness and utter forlornness. 1877 J. Legge Life Confucius 44 Watchful over his aloneness. 1951 S. Plath Jrnl. July (2000) 70 Aloneness and selfness are too important to betray for company. 1991 L. Cary Black Ice iii. 47 For the first time, I had a whiff, as subtle as the scent of the old books that lined the wall, of my utter aloneness in this new world. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1384 |
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