out-of-the-waynessn.

Brit.

/ˌaʊtə(v)ðəˈweɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈaʊdə(v)ðəˈweɪnᵻs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out-of-the-way adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < out-of-the-way adj. + -ness suffix.

Remoteness; out-of-the-way quality; (also occasionally) an odd trait, a quirk.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [noun] > state of being at a distance > state of being remote or inaccessible

inaccessibleness1618

inaccessibility1652

unaccessiblenessa1676

out-of-the-wayness1800

reachlessness1861

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [noun] > unwontedness or unusualness

unusualness1579

unusednessa1586

unwontedness1591

insolency?1612

insolencea1631

uncommonness1705

unfamiliarity1755

unusuality1799

out-of-the-wayness1800

unaccustomedness1866

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

1800 S. T. Coleridge Lett. to J. P. Estlin (1884) 81 My own subtleties..lead me into strange..transient out-of-the-waynesses.

1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. ii. 61 My father and mother's quiet out-of-the-wayness at first interested, soon pleased, and at last won them.

1899 R. Kipling From Sea to Sea I. xii. 307 It [sc. Kobé, in Japan] lives among hills, but the hills are all scalped, and the general impression is of out-of-the-wayness.

1926 S. T. Warner Lolly Willowes ii. 129 There's not such another village in Buckinghamshire for out-of-the-wayness.

1994 Sun (Baltimore) (Nexis) 18 Sept. 14 It's precisely this placid out-of-the-wayness that makes the citizens of Tall Timbers love their obscure backwoods community so much.

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

单词	out-of-the-wayness
释义	out-of-the-waynessn. Brit. /ˌaʊtə(v)ðəˈweɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈaʊdə(v)ðəˈweɪnᵻs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out-of-the-way adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < out-of-the-way adj. + -ness suffix. Remoteness; out-of-the-way quality; (also occasionally) an odd trait, a quirk. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [noun] > state of being at a distance > state of being remote or inaccessible inaccessibleness1618 inaccessibility1652 unaccessiblenessa1676 out-of-the-wayness1800 reachlessness1861 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [noun] > unwontedness or unusualness unusualness1579 unusednessa1586 unwontedness1591 insolency?1612 insolencea1631 uncommonness1705 unfamiliarity1755 unusuality1799 out-of-the-wayness1800 unaccustomedness1866 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 1800 S. T. Coleridge Lett. to J. P. Estlin (1884) 81 My own subtleties..lead me into strange..transient out-of-the-waynesses. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. ii. 61 My father and mother's quiet out-of-the-wayness at first interested, soon pleased, and at last won them. 1899 R. Kipling From Sea to Sea I. xii. 307 It [sc. Kobé, in Japan] lives among hills, but the hills are all scalped, and the general impression is of out-of-the-wayness. 1926 S. T. Warner Lolly Willowes ii. 129 There's not such another village in Buckinghamshire for out-of-the-wayness. 1994 Sun (Baltimore) (Nexis) 18 Sept. 14 It's precisely this placid out-of-the-wayness that makes the citizens of Tall Timbers love their obscure backwoods community so much. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1800
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