单词 | literariness |
释义 | literarinessn. The quality of being literary, esp. in an affected or self-conscious way. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [noun] > literary man > quality of being literary literariness1872 1872 Every Sat. 9 Mar. 275/2 (heading) The literariness of literature. 1877 W. H. Mallock New Republic I. iii. i. 239 Why, I thought culture was books and literariness, and all that. 1899 Academy 16 Dec. 715/2 Most good literary critics, if they have not style, have ‘literariness’. 1921 Nature 11 Aug. 743/2 This diary..contains some brilliant bits of writing, but its mixture of slang and literariness..grows wearisome. 1956 Times 10 Apr. 12/7 I shouted ‘Vive le Roi!’ (a silly sort of literariness seemed to assail me in those days, especially at awkward moments). 2006 Believer Sept. 77/1 At that moment, I had a literary mother and a woman interested in my literariness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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