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单词 fleetness
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fleetnessn.

Brit. /ˈfliːtnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈflitnᵻs/
Etymology: < fleet adj.1 + -ness suffix.
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).
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