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单词 funniness
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funninessn.

Brit. /ˈfʌnɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈfəninᵻs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: funny adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < funny adj. + -ness suffix.
1. The quality or state of being funny (chiefly in sense 1).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > one who or that which is comical > quality or condition of
comicalness?1691
comicality1718
vis comica1757
drollness1823
funniness1836
farcicality1849
funniosity1920
zaniness1960
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > humour > quality of being humorous
facetiousness1542
sportfulnessa1586
jocularity1646
faceteness1654
humour?1663
pleasantness1685
jocoseness1706
humorousness1727
funniness1836
jokesomeness1880
SOH1980
1836 Lit. Gaz. 9 July 435/3 A would-be Jekyl follows up the funniness.
1857 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1858) I. xi. 57 I did hear one or two members..make a kind of school-boy titter at the funniness of a man's not being seconded.
1882 J. Brown John Leech in Horæ Subs. 3rd Ser. 35 A man..whose absolute levity and funniness became ponderous.
1910 Times 12 Apr. 23/4 The glorious uncertainty of cricket and the ‘funniness’ of golf are proverbial, but racquets in a way is more curious than either.
1921 Times of India 28 Feb. 12/4 His funniness, which at times rises to wit, is of the quite, unselfconscious order.
1977 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 23 Oct. 44/4 There's a funniness to the manipulation of the syntax.
2010 R. Catchlove Somewhere down Crazy River xl. 280 You're either going to shake your head incredulously or laugh at our funniness.
2. As a count noun: a funny saying, joke, etc.; a witticism. Somewhat rare.In quot. 1838: a piece of comic literature, a comedy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [noun] > instance of wit, witticism
conceita1522
device1575
by-wit1605
passa1616
witticism1677
point1694
funniness1838
Goldwynism1936
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke
gameOE
jape1377
bourda1387
mirthc1390
mowa1393
chapec1400
skauncec1440
sport?1449
popc1540
flirt1549
jest1551
merriment1576
shifta1577
facetiae1577
gig1590
pleasantry1594
lepidity1647
rallery1653
drollery1654
wit-crack1662
joco1663
pleasance1668
joke1670
jocunditya1734
quizzification1801
funniment1826
side-splitter1834
funniness1838
quizzery1841
jocularity1846
rib-tickler1855
jocosity1859
humorism1860
gag1863
gas1914
nifty1918
mirthquaker1921
rib1929
boffo1934
giggle1936
1838 Fraser's Mag. June 682/1 He has only acting copies in his possession.., promiscuously bound up with Inkle and Yarico, and the Wood Demon, and all the other funninesses comprised in the ‘Oxberry's Edition’.
1842 Dublin Rev. May 512 Immethodical, ill-written, and replete with funninesses quite unbecoming to the gravity of a chronicler.
1930 Bookman Jan. 261/2 One finds oneself chuckling over their excellent funninesses.
1980 Country Life 4 Sept. 805/3 Lines and stanzas and funninesses by the double dozen.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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