单词 | oftness |
释义 | † oftnessn. Obsolete. = oftenness n. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > [noun] oftnessa1425 oftenness1565 community1595 commonness1597 frequence1603 assiduity1611 frequency1641 crebrity1656 frequentness1664 ofteninga1889 a1425 (?a1400) Cloud of Unknowing (Harl. 674) (1944) 78 (MED) Bot al-þof þe schortnes of preier be greetly comendid here, neuerþeles þe oftnes of preier is neuer þe raþer refreynid. 1542 T. Elyot Bibliotheca Crebritas,..oftnes [1548–52 oftenesse, 1565 oftennesse], or thicknes in beinge or growynge together. 1572 J. Jones Bathes of Bathes Ayde iii. f. 25v Greatnesse of pulse, swiftnes and oftenes of the same. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxii. 206 Not the oftnes [1617 oftnesse] of their fasting, but their hypocrisie therein was blamed. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 428 So..oftnesse comprehends seldomenesse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.a1425 |
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