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单词 numinousness
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numinousnessn.

Brit. /ˈnjuːmᵻnəsnəs/, U.S. /ˈn(j)umənəsnəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: numinous adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < numinous adj. + -ness suffix. Compare slightly later numinosity n.
= numinosity n.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > state of being or divinity
godhoodeOE
godcundnessOE
drightnessc1175
godcundlaikc1175
Godnessa1225
godhead?c1225
godcundec1275
godcundheada1300
deityc1374
divinityc1374
divine1393
divineness1579
divinesse1594
divination1603
deism1726
superhumanity1792
superhuman1824
suprahumanitya1834
numinousness1932
numinosity1936
ground1945
1932 R. A. Knox Broadcast Minds iv. 70 What is the proper object around which the idea of ‘numinousness’ ought to cling?
1962 Listener 29 Nov. 940/1 Nelly, the hag, the witch, the personification of Corvey's incipient madness, lost some of her numinousness in being acted out.
1998 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 28 May 5/1 In some minds, a sense of the oldness of their time became intertwined with a feeling that science had sucked all the magic and numinousness out of the world.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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