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单词 nuttiness
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nuttinessn.

Brit. /ˈnʌtɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈnədinᵻs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nutty adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < nutty adj. + -ness suffix.
The quality or state of being nutty; (now) esp. madness, eccentricity.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > slight madness > crankiness or eccentricity
fantasticalness1581
fantasticality1592
eccentricity1657
fantasticness1661
out-of-the-wayness1800
nuttiness1865
crankiness1870
crankism1882
crankery1884
faddishness1884
faddism1885
crankness1890
pottiness1933
wackiness1941
offbeatness1960
kookiness1962
1865 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell (1866) xv. 137 In the height of summer, [his colour was] a dappled bay; towards the autumnal equinox, a tendency to nuttiness.
1884 Sat. Rev. 8 Mar. 321/2 The six essays..have the ‘nuttiness’ of age about them.
1916 E. V. Lucas Vermilion Box 27 All his nuttiness has gone. You remember how his hair used to be swept right back from his forehead with lovely comb marks in it.
1926 E. O'Neill Great God Brown 20 And I know damn well, underneath your nuttiness, you're gone on her.
1944 Austral. Week-end Bk. 104 An old disease with a new name—sometimes known as ‘bush happy’, ‘mulga mania’, ‘Darwin dementia’, ‘Moresby Madness’..or just plain ‘nuttiness’.
1993 Locus June 57/2 She permits extremes of pain, unvarnishedly ugly violence, and..sheer gonzo nuttiness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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