gingerlinessn.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɪn(d)ʒəlɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɪndʒərlinᵻs/

Forms: 1500s gingerlynes, 1800s– gingerliness.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gingerly adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < gingerly adj. + -ness suffix.

†1. Daintiness; effeminacy. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [noun]

effeminateness1558

effeminacy1571

gingerliness1583

mollitude1599

mollities1604

invirility1628

femality?1643

womanlishness1648

feminity1669

ladyness1671

Miss Mollyism1834

femininity1855

Miss Nancyism1860

sissiness1892

camp1909

sissification1910

camping1922

lavender1929

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > delicateness or daintiness

softheadc1350

delicateness?1529

daintethness1548

gingerliness1583

daintinessa1586

delicacya1586

subtilty1660

the blue of the plum1707

bloom1777

daintification1780

daintihood1780

fairyhood1832

1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Gi Their minsednes in woords and speaches, their gingerlynes in trippinge on toes like yong goats.

2. Carefulness, cautiousness; wariness, tentativeness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected delicacy

briding1566

mincedness1583

finicality1594

mignardise1603

mincing1623

finicalness1675

daintification1780

gingerliness1842

finicism1844

mincingness1853

preciosity1867

preciousness1884

1842 Times 23 Sept. 4/2 The very well-judged gingerliness with which that task is performed shows a most profound consciousness where the shoe pinches.

1884 A. Forbes in Eng. Illustr. Mag. Dec. 148 The day came it could go no further, and then it let itself down with all its wonted gingerliness.

1948 Living Church 28 Nov. 14/2 We treat the Bible with reverent gingerliness or with cavalier lightness of touch when we treat it at all.

1997 New Yorker 2 June 84/2 But perhaps the oddest thing about the book is his gingerliness in respect to Grant's sexual disposition.

2005 Financial Times Mag. 29 Oct. 16/2 He looks fragile, taking his seat with a gingerliness that betrays the fact that he has recently had..a shoulder operation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gingerliness
释义	gingerlinessn. Brit. /ˈdʒɪn(d)ʒəlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈdʒɪndʒərlinᵻs/ Forms: 1500s gingerlynes, 1800s– gingerliness. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gingerly adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < gingerly adj. + -ness suffix. †1. Daintiness; effeminacy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [noun] effeminateness1558 effeminacy1571 gingerliness1583 mollitude1599 mollities1604 invirility1628 femality?1643 womanlishness1648 feminity1669 ladyness1671 Miss Mollyism1834 femininity1855 Miss Nancyism1860 sissiness1892 camp1909 sissification1910 camping1922 lavender1929 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > delicateness or daintiness softheadc1350 delicateness?1529 daintethness1548 gingerliness1583 daintinessa1586 delicacya1586 subtilty1660 the blue of the plum1707 bloom1777 daintification1780 daintihood1780 fairyhood1832 1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Gi Their minsednes in woords and speaches, their gingerlynes in trippinge on toes like yong goats. 2. Carefulness, cautiousness; wariness, tentativeness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > affected delicacy briding1566 mincedness1583 finicality1594 mignardise1603 mincing1623 finicalness1675 daintification1780 gingerliness1842 finicism1844 mincingness1853 preciosity1867 preciousness1884 1842 Times 23 Sept. 4/2 The very well-judged gingerliness with which that task is performed shows a most profound consciousness where the shoe pinches. 1884 A. Forbes in Eng. Illustr. Mag. Dec. 148 The day came it could go no further, and then it let itself down with all its wonted gingerliness. 1948 Living Church 28 Nov. 14/2 We treat the Bible with reverent gingerliness or with cavalier lightness of touch when we treat it at all. 1997 New Yorker 2 June 84/2 But perhaps the oddest thing about the book is his gingerliness in respect to Grant's sexual disposition. 2005 Financial Times Mag. 29 Oct. 16/2 He looks fragile, taking his seat with a gingerliness that betrays the fact that he has recently had..a shoulder operation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1583
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