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单词 massiveness
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massivenessn.

Brit. /ˈmasᵻvnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmæsɪvnᵻs/
Forms: see massive adj. and -ness suffix; also 1500s massyfnesse, 1600s massiuenes, 1600s massiuenesse.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: massive adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < massive adj. + -ness suffix.See note s.v. massive adj. on the lack of later 17th-cent. and 18th-cent. evidence, and compare currency of massiness n. in the same period.
The quality or fact of being massive; solidity, substance.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [noun]
fastness?a1200
spissitudec1440
solidiousness1495
grossness1527
massiveness1530
substantialness1530
substantiality1535
crassness1545
massiness1559
stiffness1577
spissness1598
solidness1600
density1603
solidity1603
crassitude1604
condensity1611
thightness1615
compactedness1644
compactness1646
body1647
crassities1659
denseness1669
tightnessa1728
corporeity1750
substantiability1816
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > largeness of volume or bulkiness > and solidity
massedness1495
massiveness1530
massiness1559
mass1604
burliness1612
stoutness1845
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]
micklenesseOE
mickleheadc1300
greatnessc1330
micklehooda1400
muchheada1425
magnitude?a1475
muchness1494
largeness1528
ampleness1566
grandeur1599
extensiveness1639
stupendosity1828
massiveness1855
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 243/2 Massyfnesse, solidité.
1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum v. xxvii. f. 49v/2 The bones of the armes..are hollowe, that they should not be too heauie by massiuenssse [sic].
1603 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (1612) 1204 Doest thou think it is by reason of the massiuenes or weight, or by the swiftnesse, or strength of the eyes?
1620 T. Venner Via Recta i. 19 Bread made of Rie..is cold, heauy, and hard to digest, and by reason of the massiuenesse thereof, very burdensome to the stomacke.
1818 L. Hunt Foliage p. xxv Like sails, nor yet their surfy massiveness Light in it's [sic] plenitude, like racks of snow.
1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. i. 92 The peculiarity of it [sc. the feeling of fatigue] as a pleasure is not intensity or acuteness, but quantity, massiveness, or volume.
1870 F. R. Wilson Archit. Surv. Churches Lindisfarne 93 The sombre massiveness of the tower.
1924 W. Nutting Furnit. Pilgrim Cent. 299 This great Carver chair has a back superior to any other that we have seen, in its massiveness.
1988 M. Atwood Cat's Eye (1989) xlviii. 269 The massiveness of her body makes her head look like an afterthought.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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