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. 49^v/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).

单词	massiveness
释义	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. 49^v/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). < n.1530
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