futilityn.

Brit.

/fjuːˈtɪlᵻti/,

/fjᵿˈtɪlᵻti/, U.S.

/fjuˈtɪlᵻdi/

Etymology: < French futilité or Latin fūti-, futtilitātem, < futtilis : see futile adj. and -ity suffix.

1. The quality of being futile; triflingness, want of weight or importance; esp. inadequacy to produce a result or bring about a required end, ineffectiveness, uselessness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun]

vanityc1325

overvoidnessa1382

unnaitnessa1400

unnaitshipa1400

unprofitablenessc1400

voidnessa1425

vainness1567

futility1623

emptiness1632

idlenessa1650

insignificancy1720

futileness1727

pointlessness1845

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > emptiness or insubstantiality > purposelessness

futility1623

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Futilitie, vanitie.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 477 Divine Poems..might well absolve Poetry of its objected Futility, and Levity.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. v. xix. 303 Whatever futility there may be in their Notions.

1777 J. Priestley Doctr. Philos. Necessity 204 Shew the futility of these replies, if you can.

1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation ii. vi. 251 We have already seen the futility of all attempts to assess taxes proportionally to real profits.

1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues I. 113 The manifest futility and absurdity of the explanation.

1879 M. Arnold Irish Catholicism in Mixed Ess. 104 We should recognize the futility of contending against the most rooted of prejudices.

2. Disposition to trifle or be occupied with trifles, incapacity for serious affairs or interests, lack of purpose, frivolousness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > emptiness or insubstantiality > frivolity or lack of seriousness

nugationc1450

nugacity1593

fiddling1622

frivolousnessa1631

nugality1676

futility1692

futileness1727

flippancy1746

frivolity1796

nugatoriness1853

frippery1855

fiddle1874

fribble1881

frivolling1882

fribblery1889

trifledom1903

1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. iii. 28 The same trifling futility appears in their XII Signs of the Zodiack.

1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 6 July (1932) (modernized text) III. 1180 If they [sc. diversions] are futile and frivolous, it is time worse than lost, for they will give you an habit of futility.

1758 S. Johnson Idler 7 Oct. 209 Leave foppery and futility to die of themselves.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xx. 507 If they go wrong, it is from utter futility and incapacity to keep out of harm's way.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt II. xxiii. 128 The noisy futility that belongs to schismatics generally.

†3. Talkativeness, loquacity, inability to hold one's tongue. Cf. futile adj. 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun]

overspeecheOE

tongue-itch1540

multiloquy1542

long tongue1557

garrulity1581

slipperiness1589

polylogy1602

volubility1602

loquacity1603

lubricity1603

tonguiness1607

overspeakinga1610

talkativeness1609

philology1623

tongue-vice1628

glibness1633

futility1640

linguacity1656

garrulousness1727

linguosity1727

loquaciousness1727

multiloquiousness1727

jaw1748

multiloquence1760

flippancy1789

verbal diarrhoea1808

magpiety1832

big mouth1834

pleniloquence1838

chattiness1876

open-mouthedness1883

gabbiness1887

garrulance1890

irreticence1919

talkiness1934

ear-bashing1945

mee-mawing1974

1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning viii. ii. 383 The Futility of vaine Persons, which easily utter, as well what may be spoken, as what should be secreted.

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccccxxvii This Fable does not strike so much at the Futility of Women in General, as at the Incontinent Levity of a Prying Inquisitive Humour.

4. Something that is futile.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > that which is

idlec1000

vanityc1230

vainc1330

futility1667

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial > purposeless

futility1667

1667 Bp. S. Parker Free Censvre Platonick Philos. 100 I am sure that those Notions..were but grand and pompous Futilities.

1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 163 He was but a loud-sounding inanity and futility; at bottom, he was not at all.

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present i. i. 7 His mouth full of loud futilities.

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 222 A patchwork of second-hand memories is a laborious futility, hard to write and harder to read.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 8 To reduce the faith to a vague futility.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	futility
释义	futilityn. Brit. /fjuːˈtɪlᵻti/, /fjᵿˈtɪlᵻti/, U.S. /fjuˈtɪlᵻdi/ Etymology: < French futilité or Latin fūti-, futtilitātem, < futtilis : see futile adj. and -ity suffix. 1. The quality of being futile; triflingness, want of weight or importance; esp. inadequacy to produce a result or bring about a required end, ineffectiveness, uselessness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] vanityc1325 overvoidnessa1382 unnaitnessa1400 unnaitshipa1400 unprofitablenessc1400 voidnessa1425 vainness1567 futility1623 emptiness1632 idlenessa1650 insignificancy1720 futileness1727 pointlessness1845 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > emptiness or insubstantiality > purposelessness futility1623 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Futilitie, vanitie. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 477 Divine Poems..might well absolve Poetry of its objected Futility, and Levity. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. v. xix. 303 Whatever futility there may be in their Notions. 1777 J. Priestley Doctr. Philos. Necessity 204 Shew the futility of these replies, if you can. 1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation ii. vi. 251 We have already seen the futility of all attempts to assess taxes proportionally to real profits. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues I. 113 The manifest futility and absurdity of the explanation. 1879 M. Arnold Irish Catholicism in Mixed Ess. 104 We should recognize the futility of contending against the most rooted of prejudices. 2. Disposition to trifle or be occupied with trifles, incapacity for serious affairs or interests, lack of purpose, frivolousness. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > emptiness or insubstantiality > frivolity or lack of seriousness nugationc1450 nugacity1593 fiddling1622 frivolousnessa1631 nugality1676 futility1692 futileness1727 flippancy1746 frivolity1796 nugatoriness1853 frippery1855 fiddle1874 fribble1881 frivolling1882 fribblery1889 trifledom1903 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. iii. 28 The same trifling futility appears in their XII Signs of the Zodiack. 1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 6 July (1932) (modernized text) III. 1180 If they [sc. diversions] are futile and frivolous, it is time worse than lost, for they will give you an habit of futility. 1758 S. Johnson Idler 7 Oct. 209 Leave foppery and futility to die of themselves. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xx. 507 If they go wrong, it is from utter futility and incapacity to keep out of harm's way. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt II. xxiii. 128 The noisy futility that belongs to schismatics generally. †3. Talkativeness, loquacity, inability to hold one's tongue. Cf. futile adj. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] overspeecheOE tongue-itch1540 multiloquy1542 long tongue1557 garrulity1581 slipperiness1589 polylogy1602 volubility1602 loquacity1603 lubricity1603 tonguiness1607 overspeakinga1610 talkativeness1609 philology1623 tongue-vice1628 glibness1633 futility1640 linguacity1656 garrulousness1727 linguosity1727 loquaciousness1727 multiloquiousness1727 jaw1748 multiloquence1760 flippancy1789 verbal diarrhoea1808 magpiety1832 big mouth1834 pleniloquence1838 chattiness1876 open-mouthedness1883 gabbiness1887 garrulance1890 irreticence1919 talkiness1934 ear-bashing1945 mee-mawing1974 1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning viii. ii. 383 The Futility of vaine Persons, which easily utter, as well what may be spoken, as what should be secreted. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccccxxvii This Fable does not strike so much at the Futility of Women in General, as at the Incontinent Levity of a Prying Inquisitive Humour. 4. Something that is futile. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > that which is idlec1000 vanityc1230 vainc1330 futility1667 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial > purposeless futility1667 1667 Bp. S. Parker Free Censvre Platonick Philos. 100 I am sure that those Notions..were but grand and pompous Futilities. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 163 He was but a loud-sounding inanity and futility; at bottom, he was not at all. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present i. i. 7 His mouth full of loud futilities. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 222 A patchwork of second-hand memories is a laborious futility, hard to write and harder to read. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 8 To reduce the faith to a vague futility. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1623
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