insignificancyn.

/ɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənsi/

Etymology: formed as insignificance n.: see -ancy suffix.

The quality of being insignificant.

†1. The quality of being without signification or meaning; meaninglessness; = insignificance n. 1. With an and plural, an instance of this. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [noun]

insolidity1578

emptiness1579

insignificancy1651

no-meaning1672

insignificance1754

inexpression1796

inexpressiveness1815

vacuousness1816

unmeaningness1825

unmeaning1839

pointlessness1845

non-significance1846

meaninglessness1853

unsuggestiveness1858

unexpressiveness1885

nonsense1942

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [noun] > instance of

non-significant1605

nonsense1650

insignificancy1651

mean-nothing1654

insignificant1816

unmeaningness1864

phlizz1889

small fry1893

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xlvi. 379 Which Insignificancy of language..hath a quality..to hide the Truth.

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xvi. 158 The insignificancies of this Philosophy.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. iv. 198 Another Peripatetick definition..which..betrays its Uselessness and Insignificancy.

†2. Ineffectiveness, futility. Obsolete.

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

1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God II. xxviii. 729 To confess the Weakness and Insignificancy of their Attempts.

1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials II. 444 Of the need of discipline, and of the danger or insignificancy of committing it to the bishops, the good King was very sensible.

3. Unimportance; contemptibility; = insignificance n. 2. With an and plural, An instance or example of this; an unimportant or contemptible thing or person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun]

smallness1541

nothingness1646

nonentity1654

insignificancy1661

non-significancy1670

insignificance1714

unimportance1751

inconsequence1759

non-entityism1846

negligibility1896

negligibleness1906

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > paltry, mean, or contemptible

turdc1400

shrub1566

skybala1572

peltera1577

whipstart1581

smatchetc1582

squib1586

paltripolitan1588

scrub1589

Jack-a-Lent1596

snotty-nose1604

whipstera1616

whimling1616

whiffler1659

insignificancy1661

insect1684

insignificant1710

pic1839

squirt1844

whiffmagig1871

sniff1890

picayune1903

1661 Grand Deb. Rev. & Alteration Bk. Common Prayer 71 Their Arguments were..of another kind of moment, then decency, or indecency, significancy or insignificancy.

1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick Pref. Almost every Mass of Collections or Bundle of Insignificancies, have them [commendatory verses] to perswade the Reader to buy it.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 284. ⁋1 This Affectation in both Sexes makes them Vain of being useless, and take a certain Pride in their Insignificancy.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. iv. 47/2 Coming forward..to tread such a one out of sight, as an insignificancy and worm.

a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) iv. 216 The charges..were groundless, and were at last reduced to insignificancy.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vii. vi. 251 Poor old fellow, these insignificancies..are all I know of him.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	insignificancy
释义	insignificancyn. /ɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənsi/ Etymology: formed as insignificance n.: see -ancy suffix. The quality of being insignificant. †1. The quality of being without signification or meaning; meaninglessness; = insignificance n. 1. With an and plural, an instance of this. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [noun] insolidity1578 emptiness1579 insignificancy1651 no-meaning1672 insignificance1754 inexpression1796 inexpressiveness1815 vacuousness1816 unmeaningness1825 unmeaning1839 pointlessness1845 non-significance1846 meaninglessness1853 unsuggestiveness1858 unexpressiveness1885 nonsense1942 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [noun] > instance of non-significant1605 nonsense1650 insignificancy1651 mean-nothing1654 insignificant1816 unmeaningness1864 phlizz1889 small fry1893 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iv. xlvi. 379 Which Insignificancy of language..hath a quality..to hide the Truth. 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xvi. 158 The insignificancies of this Philosophy. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. iv. 198 Another Peripatetick definition..which..betrays its Uselessness and Insignificancy. †2. Ineffectiveness, futility. Obsolete. 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 1720 R. Welton tr. T. Alvares de Andrade Sufferings Son of God II. xxviii. 729 To confess the Weakness and Insignificancy of their Attempts. 1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials II. 444 Of the need of discipline, and of the danger or insignificancy of committing it to the bishops, the good King was very sensible. 3. Unimportance; contemptibility; = insignificance n. 2. With an and plural, An instance or example of this; an unimportant or contemptible thing or person. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] smallness1541 nothingness1646 nonentity1654 insignificancy1661 non-significancy1670 insignificance1714 unimportance1751 inconsequence1759 non-entityism1846 negligibility1896 negligibleness1906 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > paltry, mean, or contemptible turdc1400 shrub1566 skybala1572 peltera1577 whipstart1581 smatchetc1582 squib1586 paltripolitan1588 scrub1589 Jack-a-Lent1596 snotty-nose1604 whipstera1616 whimling1616 whiffler1659 insignificancy1661 insect1684 insignificant1710 pic1839 squirt1844 whiffmagig1871 sniff1890 picayune1903 1661 Grand Deb. Rev. & Alteration Bk. Common Prayer 71 Their Arguments were..of another kind of moment, then decency, or indecency, significancy or insignificancy. 1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick Pref. Almost every Mass of Collections or Bundle of Insignificancies, have them [commendatory verses] to perswade the Reader to buy it. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 284. ⁋1 This Affectation in both Sexes makes them Vain of being useless, and take a certain Pride in their Insignificancy. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. iv. 47/2 Coming forward..to tread such a one out of sight, as an insignificancy and worm. a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) iv. 216 The charges..were groundless, and were at last reduced to insignificancy. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vii. vi. 251 Poor old fellow, these insignificancies..are all I know of him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1651
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