noblenessn.

Brit.

/ˈnəʊblnəs/, U.S.

/ˈnoʊb(ə)lnəs/

Forms: see noble adj. and n.¹ and -ness suffix; also Middle English noblinesse, Middle English noblynesse; Scottish pre-1700 noblnes.

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

Etymology: < noble adj. + -ness suffix. Compare Anglo-Norman noblenesse (as an honorific title) highness (late 14th or early 15th cent.). Compare noblesse n., nobleye n., noblehead n., nobility n., noblety n., noblé n.²

a. The state or quality of being noble, nobility; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > [noun]

nobleyec1300

noblenessa1382

celsitude1570

raisedness1645

heroicalness1647

celsity1656

exaltedness1659

heroism1672

loftinessa1677

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [noun] > nobility of character or sentiments

earlshipOE

greatness1340

noblenessa1382

hautesse1399

grandeur1656

height1662

elevationa1680

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Wisd. viii. 18 Vndeadly is wisdam in thenking..& noblenesse [a1382 Douce 369(1) gret openyng; a1425 L.V. greet clerenesse; L. præclaritas] in þe chaungyng of þe woordis of it.

?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 577 The entencions forsoþe ben conceyuede..of þe membres..after þe noblenes [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. nobilite] or also after þe dyuersite of þe condicioun.

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 808 All kynges..may nat fynde suche a knyght, for to speke of his noblenes and curtesy.

1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Aii This noblenes of blode they haue which descended of noble lygnage.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. D1 Wee can shewe the Poets noblenes.

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer vi. 1443 Whose vertues, and whose noblenesse, Brought honor to the seats they did possesse.

1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. Ep. Ded. The whole piece..seems destitute of beauty, and without anything of worth, value, or nobleness.

1715 J. Chappelow Right Way to be Rich 125 He tells you the lustre and nobleness of it, a Jewel fit for the Cabinet of a King.

1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. 21 Making his countrymen vye with the old Romans in the nobleness of their descent.

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present i. vi. 45 It is the summary..of all manner of ‘worship’, and true worships and noblenesses whatsoever.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §3. 176 There was a nobleness in Edward's nature from which the baser influences of chivalry fell away.

1927 Dict. National Biogr. 1912–21 (Suppl. 1912–21) at Shaw, Richard Norman The palatial expression of nobleness, as we recognize this in the Italian villa or the French château, has nowhere..been given such distinction as at Bryanston.

1980 A. E. I. Falconar Gardens of Meditation (BNC) 89 The multitudes were overcome with joy by the spirituality and the nobleness of Vinoba's words.

†b. With a preceding possessive adjective: an honorific title given to a noble. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun]

yea1225

my Lordc1300

seigniorc1330

squire1382

noblessec1390

lordship1394

grace1423

gentlenessc1425

magnificencec1425

noblenessc1425

greatness1473

worshipc1475

your mightinessa1500

excellency?1533

celsitude1535

altitude1543

Your Honour1551

sublimity1553

excellencea1592

captal1592

gentleperson1597

clemencya1600

gravity1618

grace1625

grandeur1632

eximiousness1648

professorship1656

prince1677

excellenceshipc1716

Graceship1804

seigniorship1823

valiancy1828

your seignorie1829

c1425 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Petworth) (1872) §2956 Ȝoure noblenesse [c1405 Hengwrt we..been redy to come what day that it like vn-to youre noblesse to lymyte vs].

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 2777 (MED) Nostanday, to ȝour nobilnes þat ay my nek bowis..my-selfe I comand.

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 122 (MED) Y here translate to youre Souerayne nobilnes the boke of arystotle.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 306 They desyred his noblenesse to haue some consideration of them.

a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) iii. sig. F3 We will attend your noblenesse.

1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 226 So please your nobleness, I intend to leave London.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. v. 116 Your nobleness will willingly spare your old servitor his crib and his mess.

1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. ii. vi. 96 An't please your nobleness, my neighbour Gretl is..In burning fever.

†2. Splendour, magnificence, display. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > magnificence

thrumOE

prideOE

wealc1290

noblessec1330

pompc1330

statec1330

nobletya1387

royaltyc1405

magnificence?1435

gloriousnessc1440

pompousness1447

noblenessc1450

pomperyc1460

triumpha1513

princeliness1545

gorgeousness1549

jollity1549

stateliness1556

proudnessa1586

royalitya1607

splendour1616

grandeur1652

superbiousness1654

splendidnessa1657

lustre1658

superbness1779

pompa1783

splendaciousness1853

magnoliousness1921

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [noun]

prideOE

nobleyec1300

farec1330

pompc1330

statec1330

rialtya1375

estatec1385

lordliness1440

pompousness1447

noblenessc1450

worthinessc1450

pomperyc1460

affairc1480

gloryc1480

majesty1481

triumpha1513

shine?1529

royalness?1548

sumptuosity1550

triumphing1569

magnificie1570

presence1570

gite1589

equipage1612

majesticalness1613

ceremonya1616

splendour1616

stateliness1637

majesticnessa1643

scheme1647

pageantry1651

grandeur1652

splendidnessa1657

magnanimity1658

magnificency1668

fluster1676

energy1764

pompa1783

panoply1790

pageanting1873

c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 71 (MED) He come also to see the estate and noblenes of the same contre and reaume.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xxxiv. 48 Ther might haue been sene great noblenesse, and baners and penons..wauyng in y^e wynde.

a1586 in R. Maitland Genealogy House & Surname Setoun (1830) 28 Ane grit housholdar, and all giuen to noblnes.

1657 J. Howell Londinopolis 62 If any Triumph or Noblenesse were to be done,..the said Leaden-Hall is the most meet and convenient place.

1679 London Gaz. No. 1453/4 The Entertainment was great and splendid, and all things performed with great Order and Nobleness.

†3. A noble person, a peer; members of the nobility collectively, the peerage. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun] > noble class

gentle bloodc1300

gentricec1400

nobility?a1475

nobleness1490

noblessea1500

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun] > noble person or man

earleOE

wyeOE

freeOE

nobleman?c1225

athelc1275

noblec1325

douzepersc1330

freelya1350

hathela1350

gentlec1400

nobleness1490

gentle blood1575

comes1583

altezza1595

birth1596

nobility1841

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 17 We have loste there ryghte greate chevalry and noblenesse.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 16 At the which battaylle..dyed greate noblenesses of kinges, princes, Dukes [etc.].

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxxv. 332 The church that day was so full of noblenesse, that a man might nat a remoued his fete.

1868 E. Bulwer-Lytton Chrons. & Characters I. 320 Friends, you should know their noblenesses..and to mind recall By special name each serious face of them.

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

单词	nobleness
释义	noblenessn. Brit. /ˈnəʊblnəs/, U.S. /ˈnoʊb(ə)lnəs/ Forms: see noble adj. and n.¹ and -ness suffix; also Middle English noblinesse, Middle English noblynesse; Scottish pre-1700 noblnes. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: noble adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < noble adj. + -ness suffix. Compare Anglo-Norman noblenesse (as an honorific title) highness (late 14th or early 15th cent.). Compare noblesse n., nobleye n., noblehead n., nobility n., noblety n., noblé n.² 1. a. The state or quality of being noble, nobility; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > [noun] nobleyec1300 noblenessa1382 celsitude1570 raisedness1645 heroicalness1647 celsity1656 exaltedness1659 heroism1672 loftinessa1677 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [noun] > nobility of character or sentiments earlshipOE greatness1340 noblenessa1382 hautesse1399 grandeur1656 height1662 elevationa1680 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Wisd. viii. 18 Vndeadly is wisdam in thenking..& noblenesse [a1382 Douce 369(1) gret openyng; a1425 L.V. greet clerenesse; L. præclaritas] in þe chaungyng of þe woordis of it. ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 577 The entencions forsoþe ben conceyuede..of þe membres..after þe noblenes [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. nobilite] or also after þe dyuersite of þe condicioun. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 808 All kynges..may nat fynde suche a knyght, for to speke of his noblenes and curtesy. 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Aii This noblenes of blode they haue which descended of noble lygnage. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. D1 Wee can shewe the Poets noblenes. 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer vi. 1443 Whose vertues, and whose noblenesse, Brought honor to the seats they did possesse. 1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. Ep. Ded. The whole piece..seems destitute of beauty, and without anything of worth, value, or nobleness. 1715 J. Chappelow Right Way to be Rich 125 He tells you the lustre and nobleness of it, a Jewel fit for the Cabinet of a King. 1747 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. I. 21 Making his countrymen vye with the old Romans in the nobleness of their descent. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present i. vi. 45 It is the summary..of all manner of ‘worship’, and true worships and noblenesses whatsoever. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §3. 176 There was a nobleness in Edward's nature from which the baser influences of chivalry fell away. 1927 Dict. National Biogr. 1912–21 (Suppl. 1912–21) at Shaw, Richard Norman The palatial expression of nobleness, as we recognize this in the Italian villa or the French château, has nowhere..been given such distinction as at Bryanston. 1980 A. E. I. Falconar Gardens of Meditation (BNC) 89 The multitudes were overcome with joy by the spirituality and the nobleness of Vinoba's words. †b. With a preceding possessive adjective: an honorific title given to a noble. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] yea1225 my Lordc1300 seigniorc1330 squire1382 noblessec1390 lordship1394 grace1423 gentlenessc1425 magnificencec1425 noblenessc1425 greatness1473 worshipc1475 your mightinessa1500 excellency?1533 celsitude1535 altitude1543 Your Honour1551 sublimity1553 excellencea1592 captal1592 gentleperson1597 clemencya1600 gravity1618 grace1625 grandeur1632 eximiousness1648 professorship1656 prince1677 excellenceshipc1716 Graceship1804 seigniorship1823 valiancy1828 your seignorie1829 c1425 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Petworth) (1872) §2956 Ȝoure noblenesse [c1405 Hengwrt we..been redy to come what day that it like vn-to youre noblesse to lymyte vs]. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 2777 (MED) Nostanday, to ȝour nobilnes þat ay my nek bowis..my-selfe I comand. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 122 (MED) Y here translate to youre Souerayne nobilnes the boke of arystotle. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 306 They desyred his noblenesse to haue some consideration of them. a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) iii. sig. F3 We will attend your noblenesse. 1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 226 So please your nobleness, I intend to leave London. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. v. 116 Your nobleness will willingly spare your old servitor his crib and his mess. 1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. ii. vi. 96 An't please your nobleness, my neighbour Gretl is..In burning fever. †2. Splendour, magnificence, display. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > magnificence thrumOE prideOE wealc1290 noblessec1330 pompc1330 statec1330 nobletya1387 royaltyc1405 magnificence?1435 gloriousnessc1440 pompousness1447 noblenessc1450 pomperyc1460 triumpha1513 princeliness1545 gorgeousness1549 jollity1549 stateliness1556 proudnessa1586 royalitya1607 splendour1616 grandeur1652 superbiousness1654 splendidnessa1657 lustre1658 superbness1779 pompa1783 splendaciousness1853 magnoliousness1921 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [noun] prideOE nobleyec1300 farec1330 pompc1330 statec1330 rialtya1375 estatec1385 lordliness1440 pompousness1447 noblenessc1450 worthinessc1450 pomperyc1460 affairc1480 gloryc1480 majesty1481 triumpha1513 shine?1529 royalness?1548 sumptuosity1550 triumphing1569 magnificie1570 presence1570 gite1589 equipage1612 majesticalness1613 ceremonya1616 splendour1616 stateliness1637 majesticnessa1643 scheme1647 pageantry1651 grandeur1652 splendidnessa1657 magnanimity1658 magnificency1668 fluster1676 energy1764 pompa1783 panoply1790 pageanting1873 c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 71 (MED) He come also to see the estate and noblenes of the same contre and reaume. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xxxiv. 48 Ther might haue been sene great noblenesse, and baners and penons..wauyng in y^e wynde. a1586 in R. Maitland Genealogy House & Surname Setoun (1830) 28 Ane grit housholdar, and all giuen to noblnes. 1657 J. Howell Londinopolis 62 If any Triumph or Noblenesse were to be done,..the said Leaden-Hall is the most meet and convenient place. 1679 London Gaz. No. 1453/4 The Entertainment was great and splendid, and all things performed with great Order and Nobleness. †3. A noble person, a peer; members of the nobility collectively, the peerage. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun] > noble class gentle bloodc1300 gentricec1400 nobility?a1475 nobleness1490 noblessea1500 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun] > noble person or man earleOE wyeOE freeOE nobleman?c1225 athelc1275 noblec1325 douzepersc1330 freelya1350 hathela1350 gentlec1400 nobleness1490 gentle blood1575 comes1583 altezza1595 birth1596 nobility1841 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 17 We have loste there ryghte greate chevalry and noblenesse. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 16 At the which battaylle..dyed greate noblenesses of kinges, princes, Dukes [etc.]. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxxv. 332 The church that day was so full of noblenesse, that a man might nat a remoued his fete. 1868 E. Bulwer-Lytton Chrons. & Characters I. 320 Friends, you should know their noblenesses..and to mind recall By special name each serious face of them. 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