meetnessn.

Brit.

/ˈmiːtnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈmitnᵻs/

Forms: see meet adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meet adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < meet adj. + -ness suffix.

Now somewhat archaic.

The condition of being meet; fitness, suitability, appropriateness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun]

covenablenessa1382

covenabletec1384

propertya1387

abilitya1398

congruencec1430

conveniencec1430

meetnessc1449

congruencya1513

conveniency1526

congruity1530

familiarity1551

suitableness1594

familiarnessa1617

idoneity1617

connaturalnessa1628

suitability1648

adequateness1650

adaptness1657

competibilitya1660

accommodateness1660

adaptation1663

adaptedness1673

evenliness1674

condecence1678

decorousness1678

feating1682

resemblance1715

idoneousness1727

appropriateness1731

favourableness1775

adaptitude1806

adaptment1831

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 347 (MED) This fadir were not to be blamed if he wolde ordeyne that these schoon be notabli widdir than the meetenes of hem wolde aske.

1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. E.i ^v Ye meetnesse of our speeche to receiue the best forme of Poetry.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxviii. sig. H^v And sicke of wel-fare found a kind of meetnesse, To be diseas'd ere that there was true needing.

1668 J. Howe Blessednesse of Righteous xii. 203 They want the..meetness, the aptitude, or idoneity for the inheritance of the Saints in light.

1758 S. Hayward Seventeen Serm. xiv. 409 Holiness is a meetness for heaven.

1815 J. Cottle Messiah xvi. 294 All who worship God, shall find within, Meetness for Heaven, a hatred deep of sin.

1867 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings (1870) x. 202 They have no title to heaven and no meetness for it.

1909 J. Payne Flower o' Thorn 116 Of the mountains still for me, from first To last, the old saw over all hath meetness.

1990 Times 4 Apr. 14/4 Of the 300 letters a day, only about eight per cent are publishable. I am not talking about matters of syntax, but about importance, or meetness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meetness
释义	meetnessn. Brit. /ˈmiːtnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmitnᵻs/ Forms: see meet adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meet adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < meet adj. + -ness suffix. Now somewhat archaic. The condition of being meet; fitness, suitability, appropriateness. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun] covenablenessa1382 covenabletec1384 propertya1387 abilitya1398 congruencec1430 conveniencec1430 meetnessc1449 congruencya1513 conveniency1526 congruity1530 familiarity1551 suitableness1594 familiarnessa1617 idoneity1617 connaturalnessa1628 suitability1648 adequateness1650 adaptness1657 competibilitya1660 accommodateness1660 adaptation1663 adaptedness1673 evenliness1674 condecence1678 decorousness1678 feating1682 resemblance1715 idoneousness1727 appropriateness1731 favourableness1775 adaptitude1806 adaptment1831 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 347 (MED) This fadir were not to be blamed if he wolde ordeyne that these schoon be notabli widdir than the meetenes of hem wolde aske. 1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. E.i ^v Ye meetnesse of our speeche to receiue the best forme of Poetry. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cxviii. sig. H^v And sicke of wel-fare found a kind of meetnesse, To be diseas'd ere that there was true needing. View more context for this quotation 1668 J. Howe Blessednesse of Righteous xii. 203 They want the..meetness, the aptitude, or idoneity for the inheritance of the Saints in light. 1758 S. Hayward Seventeen Serm. xiv. 409 Holiness is a meetness for heaven. 1815 J. Cottle Messiah xvi. 294 All who worship God, shall find within, Meetness for Heaven, a hatred deep of sin. 1867 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings (1870) x. 202 They have no title to heaven and no meetness for it. 1909 J. Payne Flower o' Thorn 116 Of the mountains still for me, from first To last, the old saw over all hath meetness. 1990 Times 4 Apr. 14/4 Of the 300 letters a day, only about eight per cent are publishable. I am not talking about matters of syntax, but about importance, or meetness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1449
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