gingernessn.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɪn(d)ʒənᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɪndʒərnᵻs/

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: ginger adj.², -ness suffix; gingerliness n.

Etymology: Either < ginger adj.² + -ness suffix, or an alteration of gingerliness n., with loss of the medial syllable.Compare the following earlier passage, which was taken as an example of this word by some 19th-cent. dictionaries, but probably shows a typographical error for gingerliness n. (compare quot. 1583 at that entry): 1585 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses (ed. 4) sig. Gii Their minsednesse in words and speaches, their gingernesse [1583 gingerlynes] in tripping on toes like young Goates.

= gingerliness n.

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the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [noun] > experimental character

tentativeness1861

gingerness1886

1886 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) 18 July Green kid gloves should be handled with exceeding gingerness.

1934 Evening Tribune (Albert Lea, Minnesota) 18 Dec. 9/1 The gingerness befitting a mere male venturing into the mysterious and expensive realm of feminine fancies.

1973 Lovington (New Mexico) Daily Leader 12 June 1/1 Phillips was so hard hit it has ever since exhibited a corporate gingerness for doing business outside of the States.

2009 D. Gabaldon Echo in Bone (2010) 662 Jamie enfolded him very gently, the gingerness of the embrace growing firmer as he found that Ian didn't break.

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

单词	gingerness
释义	gingernessn. Brit. /ˈdʒɪn(d)ʒənᵻs/, U.S. /ˈdʒɪndʒərnᵻs/ Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: ginger adj.², -ness suffix; gingerliness n. Etymology: Either < ginger adj.² + -ness suffix, or an alteration of gingerliness n., with loss of the medial syllable.Compare the following earlier passage, which was taken as an example of this word by some 19th-cent. dictionaries, but probably shows a typographical error for gingerliness n. (compare quot. 1583 at that entry): 1585 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses (ed. 4) sig. Gii Their minsednesse in words and speaches, their gingernesse [1583 gingerlynes] in tripping on toes like young Goates. = gingerliness n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [noun] > experimental character tentativeness1861 gingerness1886 1886 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) 18 July Green kid gloves should be handled with exceeding gingerness. 1934 Evening Tribune (Albert Lea, Minnesota) 18 Dec. 9/1 The gingerness befitting a mere male venturing into the mysterious and expensive realm of feminine fancies. 1973 Lovington (New Mexico) Daily Leader 12 June 1/1 Phillips was so hard hit it has ever since exhibited a corporate gingerness for doing business outside of the States. 2009 D. Gabaldon Echo in Bone (2010) 662 Jamie enfolded him very gently, the gingerness of the embrace growing firmer as he found that Ian didn't break. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1886
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