mushinessn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌʃɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈməʃinᵻs/

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

Etymology: < mushy adj. + -ness suffix.

The condition of being soft or pulpy; (figurative) weakness, sentimental character, lack of clarity or coherence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [noun]

sentiment1747

sentimentality1770

mawkishness1796

sensiblerie1815

sentimentalism1818

sloppiness1828

morbidezza1833

milk-and-wateriness1834

maudlin1838

soothing syrup1839

emotionalism1846

stickiness1864

slop1866

mushiness1868

saccharinity1868

sympatheticism1884

hearts and flowers1911

lovey-doveyness1923

schmaltz1934

goop1950

goo1951

schmaltziness1953

gloop1957

cheesiness1963

soupiness1963

soft-centredness1967

soppiness1974

the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [noun] > pulpiness or mushiness

carnosity1533

mash1630

pulp1801

pulpiness1818

mushiness1868

1868 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 411/1 From the expanse of mushiness several queer conical hills are seen.

1890 S. J. Duncan Social Departure 221 The unutterable mushiness of the ‘bullock's heart’ [fruit].

1893 ‘M. Rutherford’ Catharine Furze II. xiv. 70 Partly this distressing weakness is due to the absence of a clear conviction that we are right;..but frequently it is simple mushiness of character.

1929 Melody Maker Jan. 72/3 The general effect is one of clear brilliance and fullness without any of that tendency to ‘mushiness’ which so many companies get from too much echo.

1962 Yale Rev. June 540 Pound puts Joyce with Hueffer, diametrically opposite to ‘the softness and mushiness of the neo-symbolist movement’.

1987 New Yorker 16 Feb. 102/3 They convey a naïveté, and even mushiness, that is supposed to be the..province of liberals.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mushiness
释义	mushinessn. Brit. /ˈmʌʃɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈməʃinᵻs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mushy adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < mushy adj. + -ness suffix. The condition of being soft or pulpy; (figurative) weakness, sentimental character, lack of clarity or coherence. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [noun] sentiment1747 sentimentality1770 mawkishness1796 sensiblerie1815 sentimentalism1818 sloppiness1828 morbidezza1833 milk-and-wateriness1834 maudlin1838 soothing syrup1839 emotionalism1846 stickiness1864 slop1866 mushiness1868 saccharinity1868 sympatheticism1884 hearts and flowers1911 lovey-doveyness1923 schmaltz1934 goop1950 goo1951 schmaltziness1953 gloop1957 cheesiness1963 soupiness1963 soft-centredness1967 soppiness1974 the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [noun] > pulpiness or mushiness carnosity1533 mash1630 pulp1801 pulpiness1818 mushiness1868 1868 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 411/1 From the expanse of mushiness several queer conical hills are seen. 1890 S. J. Duncan Social Departure 221 The unutterable mushiness of the ‘bullock's heart’ [fruit]. 1893 ‘M. Rutherford’ Catharine Furze II. xiv. 70 Partly this distressing weakness is due to the absence of a clear conviction that we are right;..but frequently it is simple mushiness of character. 1929 Melody Maker Jan. 72/3 The general effect is one of clear brilliance and fullness without any of that tendency to ‘mushiness’ which so many companies get from too much echo. 1962 Yale Rev. June 540 Pound puts Joyce with Hueffer, diametrically opposite to ‘the softness and mushiness of the neo-symbolist movement’. 1987 New Yorker 16 Feb. 102/3 They convey a naïveté, and even mushiness, that is supposed to be the..province of liberals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1868
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