单词 | numinousness |
释义 | numinousnessn. = numinosity n. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1932 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。