manysidednessn.

Brit.

/ˌmɛnɪˈsʌɪdᵻdnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈmɛniˈˌsaɪdᵻdnᵻs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: many-sided adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < many-sided adj. + -ness suffix. In early use after German Vielseitigkeit (compare note s.v. many-sided adj.).

Chiefly figurative.

The state or quality of being many-sided; the fact of having many facets, capacities, possibilities, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > many-sidedness or versatility

volubility1579

ambidexterity1593

versatilousness1640

versatileness1654

versability1672

versatilitya1773

versatility1798

flexility1815

manysidedness1831

Crichtonism1854

multisidedness1903

omnicompetence1937

1831 J. Strang Let. in Germany in 1831 (1836) II. xix. 78 There is one peculiarity about the writings of Göthe, which the Germans are ever talking about, and that is what they call here the Vielseitigkeit, or many-sidedness of his mind.

1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eng. & English (ed. 2) II. 97 Wordsworth..has not, it is true, ‘the many-sidedness’ of Göthe.

1866 Sat. Rev. 19 May 584/1 What men gain in manysidedness it is said they are losing in vigour.

1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 345 The many-sidedness of truth.

1921 Mind 30 72 Our author seems only to pit his own temperamental many-sidedness against..the temperamental one-sidedness of his opponents.

1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Dec. 1590/2 This first volume brings out astonishingly well the man's manysidedness at all ages.

1993 Speculum 68 756 The shifting valorization of Petrarch in history has to do..with the many-sidedness of a work that ranges from lyrical love poetry to moral philosophy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	manysidedness
释义	manysidednessn. Brit. /ˌmɛnɪˈsʌɪdᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmɛniˈˌsaɪdᵻdnᵻs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: many-sided adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < many-sided adj. + -ness suffix. In early use after German Vielseitigkeit (compare note s.v. many-sided adj.). Chiefly figurative. The state or quality of being many-sided; the fact of having many facets, capacities, possibilities, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [noun] > many-sidedness or versatility volubility1579 ambidexterity1593 versatilousness1640 versatileness1654 versability1672 versatilitya1773 versatility1798 flexility1815 manysidedness1831 Crichtonism1854 multisidedness1903 omnicompetence1937 1831 J. Strang Let. in Germany in 1831 (1836) II. xix. 78 There is one peculiarity about the writings of Göthe, which the Germans are ever talking about, and that is what they call here the Vielseitigkeit, or many-sidedness of his mind. 1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eng. & English (ed. 2) II. 97 Wordsworth..has not, it is true, ‘the many-sidedness’ of Göthe. 1866 Sat. Rev. 19 May 584/1 What men gain in manysidedness it is said they are losing in vigour. 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 345 The many-sidedness of truth. 1921 Mind 30 72 Our author seems only to pit his own temperamental many-sidedness against..the temperamental one-sidedness of his opponents. 1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Dec. 1590/2 This first volume brings out astonishingly well the man's manysidedness at all ages. 1993 Speculum 68 756 The shifting valorization of Petrarch in history has to do..with the many-sidedness of a work that ranges from lyrical love poetry to moral philosophy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1831
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