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单词 funkiness
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funkinessn.1

Brit. /ˈfʌŋkɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈfəŋkinᵻs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: funky adj.1, -ness suffix.
Etymology: < funky adj.1 + -ness suffix.
Originally U.S.
1. The quality of having a strong, unpleasant, or pungent smell or flavour. Cf. funky adj.1 1.
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the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [noun] > fustiness
fustiness1526
mustiness1526
foistiness1576
frowziness1729
foist1819
funkiness1843
frowstiness1923
1843 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 15 Apr. The sad experiment of the alligator steaks; which he finds..tough and tasteless, except for a certain flavor, half of the throat, half of the nose.., indescribable but by the word funkiness.
1884 Mich. Farmer 23 Sept. 2/4 Bad air, such as funkiness, can readily be detected.
1901 Railroad Men Jan. 145/2 At one end..stands a cooking stove, so the perfumes of Araby often add their mite (or might) to the general funkiness.
1994 Observer 5 June (Life section) 40/5 The 1988 Chassagne-Montrachet..is a contrast: more old-fashioned, with a hint of Burgundian funkiness about it.
2. With reference to music or its performance: the quality of being funky; the fact of being in a funk style. Also: unconventional or quirky stylishness. Cf. funky adj.1 2.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [noun] > qualities of music generally
formality1531
humoura1568
languor1751
morbidezza1833
pop1862
go1882
monophony1890
jazziness1916
blueness1929
linearity1947
funkiness1957
spikiness1962
the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun]
fashionableness1640
à-la-modeness1669
modishness1676
à la modality1753
tonishness1780
style1807
stylishnessa1817
fashionability1840
swellishness1863
hep1899
hipness1937
coolness1951
hip1956
cool1962
hipdom1962
with-it-ness1963
funkiness1974
1957 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 27 Oct. b19/1 A jam session whose underlying feeling is funkiness produces some worthwhile listening.
1968 Rat 3 May 22/1 He sat at the electric organ,..breaking into incredible funkiness with the whole orchestra for the refrain.
1973 Melody Maker 30 June ‘Baby's Making Babies’, has a new and inferior horn line and a stoned, stumbling feel which contrasts sharply with the sharp funkiness of the ‘original’.
1974 Wheeling (Illinois) Herald 4 Jan. ii. 5/3 After a short burst of '60s funkiness bridal fashions have settled back into the traditional look.
1996 R. Vincent Funk 167 The commercial funkiness of the Jackson 5, the Temptations, and the Ohio Players showed just how far into the mainstream the funky style was heading.
2010 D. Moskowitz Words & Music J. Hendrix viii. 121 Juma Sultan was the percussionist and contributed to the general funkiness of the song.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

funkinessn.2

Brit. /ˈfʌŋkɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈfəŋkinᵻs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: funky adj.2, -ness suffix.
Etymology: < funky adj.2 + -ness suffix.
Now rare.
Fear, nervousness, timidity.
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the mind > emotion > fear > [noun] > state of
frightiheada1325
fearedness1340
effraying1489
fearfulnessa1513
frayedness1530
frightment1607
frightfulness1621
dauntedness1660
afraidness1669
funkiness1859
the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [noun]
arghtha1250
arghshipc1275
arghness1340
faintness1398
ferdfulness1398
timorosity1490
timiditya1513
timorousnessa1513
unboldness?1520
timerity1582
inaudacity?1594
unhardiness1611
to lie aback1636
meticulosity1655
pavidity1656
afraidness1669
timidness1680
sheepishness1712
funkiness1859
fearsomeness1891
1859 Bell's Life in London 9 Jan. 6/1 The contamination of such funkiness would assuredly degenerate the manliness of any school.
1896 Punch 22 Aug. 88/2 I subdued my native funkiness so far as to make the revolution of the great wheel.
1917 North-China Herald 22 Sept. 680/3 Sales of Indian yarns down to Tls. 88 to Tls. 85 as result of funkiness of Japanese and Indian importers.
1946 H. Venkatasubbiah Foreign Trade of India: 1900–1940 i. 18 British funkiness at American financial strength.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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