单词 | fleetness |
释义 | fleetnessn. The quality of being fleet. 1. Swiftness. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [noun] swiftnessc888 speedOE swiftship?c1225 swifthead1340 speedfulnessc1386 quickness?a1425 hastinessc1425 speediheadc1450 swiftinessa1464 radeur1477 celerity1483 speediness1530 swithnessc1540 velocity1555 raptness1582 pernicity1592 rapidity1601 fastness1604 fleetness1625 rida1642 rapidness1650 mercuriousnessa1661 1625 F. Quarles Sions Sonets vii. 7 Behold the fleetnesse of his nimble feet. 1767 W. L. Lewis tr. Statius Thebaid I. v. 1002 Fame..In Fleetness far outstrips the vig'rous Horse. 1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine viii. 321 The fleetness of foot, with which..he outran the chariot of Ahab. 2. Transitoriness. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [noun] > transience frailnessa1300 timelinessa1500 transitoriness1550 fleeting1616 temporality1635 wanzingness1642 transiency1647 impermanency1648 undurableness1648 transientness1653 fugacity1656 evanidness1659 fugaciousness1664 timeishness1674 timesomeness1674 volatilenessa1676 fleetingness1709 deciduousness1727 fleetness1727 momentaneousness1727 preterience1730 transience1739 evanescence1751 unpermanency1751 transitiveness1775 caducity1793 impermanence1796 ephemerality1822 passingness1839 transitionalness1880 anitya1882 diariness1891 anicca1904 ephemeralness1911 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Fleetness, fleeting Quality. 1844 I. Williams Baptistery II. iv. 103 All their notes..Are of our fleetness sighing, And singing of our dying. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1625 |
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