单词 | artlessness |
释义 | artlessnessn. The quality of being artless; esp. freedom from artificiality; frank simplicity, guilelessness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [noun] > artlessness, guilessness, or innocence simplesse1372 simplenessa1382 innocencec1385 simplicitya1500 innocencya1513 ingenuousness1611 plain-heartedness1647 artlessness1663 naivety1708 naïveté1725 acacy1727 simple-heartedness1822 simple-mindedness1827 naiveness1854 onefoldness1887 authenticity1910 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus i. 30 This is added, to take away all Arguments of excuse, which Martial Natures are apt to make in Apology for their artlessness. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 331 Such a noble Simplicity in thy Story, such an honest Artlessness in thy Mind. 1796 F. Burney Camilla IV. vii. viii. 107 The artlessness of unadorned truth. 1816 J. Austen Emma I. vi. 84 She had all the natural grace of sweetness of temper and artlessness in herself. a1878 B. Taylor Stud. German Lit. (1879) 126 The attractive quaintness and artlessness of the old dialect. 1916 E. W. Wilcox World Voices 104 Your eyes (that mask with innocence their guile), The (artful) artlessness of all your ways. 1965 Amer. Anthropologist 67 143 The material..is told with the artlessness and friendliness with which these old people talk. 2004 D. F. Wallace Oblivion 284 There was an artlessness about him that helped people open up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1663 |
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