ornerinessn.

Brit.

/ˈɔːn(ə)rɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈɔrn(ə)rinᵻs/

Forms: 1800s– orneriness, 1900s– ornariness, 1900s– orneryness.

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

Etymology: < ornery adj. + -ness suffix.

regional and colloquial (originally and chiefly North American).

Meanness, contrariness, ‘cussedness’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > perverseness

frowardnessa1300

waywardnessc1384

wrawnessc1386

frowardship14..

perversity?a1425

frowardheadc1470

overthwartnessc1475

adversity1489

perversednessa1500

thrawnness1499

untowardnessa1525

protervitya1527

repugnancy1557

thrawardness1567

contrariousness1571

crookedness1576

thwartness1577

pervertness1581

peevishness1582

awkness1587

crabbedness1598

untowardliness1598

crossness1600

difficileness1612

contrariness1642

perverseness1644

cross-grainedness1652

wrong-headedness1740

pigheadedness1801

cussedness1852

orneriness1880

bloody-mindedness1910

difficultness1934

1880 Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee 11 Dec. (Morning ed.) I've strapped razors for nigh twenty year and haven't more'n half got 'quainted with their orneriness.

1899 B. Tarkington Gentleman from Indiana iv. 45 They..let loose their deviltries just for pure orneriness.

1927 W. R. James Cow Country 229 The bronk's orneriness had come to the top, and that pony..begin to get sort of desperate and to looking for a way out.

1959 J. Thurber Years with Ross v. 75 Some orneriness of mood aggravated by..peptic ulcers.

1973 W. H. Auden in Listener 22 Feb. 238/2 I out of sheer orneriness said: ‘I'll drive cars for the TUC.’

1999 Sunday Times (Nexis) 25 July (Features section) I decided I did not like him. There seemed an arrogance about him, a contrived ornariness, a sham cool.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	orneriness
释义	ornerinessn. Brit. /ˈɔːn(ə)rɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈɔrn(ə)rinᵻs/ Forms: 1800s– orneriness, 1900s– ornariness, 1900s– orneryness. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ornery adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < ornery adj. + -ness suffix. regional and colloquial (originally and chiefly North American). Meanness, contrariness, ‘cussedness’. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > perverseness frowardnessa1300 waywardnessc1384 wrawnessc1386 frowardship14.. perversity?a1425 frowardheadc1470 overthwartnessc1475 adversity1489 perversednessa1500 thrawnness1499 untowardnessa1525 protervitya1527 repugnancy1557 thrawardness1567 contrariousness1571 crookedness1576 thwartness1577 pervertness1581 peevishness1582 awkness1587 crabbedness1598 untowardliness1598 crossness1600 difficileness1612 contrariness1642 perverseness1644 cross-grainedness1652 wrong-headedness1740 pigheadedness1801 cussedness1852 orneriness1880 bloody-mindedness1910 difficultness1934 1880 Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee 11 Dec. (Morning ed.) I've strapped razors for nigh twenty year and haven't more'n half got 'quainted with their orneriness. 1899 B. Tarkington Gentleman from Indiana iv. 45 They..let loose their deviltries just for pure orneriness. 1927 W. R. James Cow Country 229 The bronk's orneriness had come to the top, and that pony..begin to get sort of desperate and to looking for a way out. 1959 J. Thurber Years with Ross v. 75 Some orneriness of mood aggravated by..peptic ulcers. 1973 W. H. Auden in Listener 22 Feb. 238/2 I out of sheer orneriness said: ‘I'll drive cars for the TUC.’ 1999 Sunday Times (Nexis) 25 July (Features section) I decided I did not like him. There seemed an arrogance about him, a contrived ornariness, a sham cool. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1880
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