单词 | palpableness |
释义 | palpablenessn. The quality of being palpable; palpability.In quot. 1610: intense darkness, obscurity. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > [noun] evidency1534 evidentness1534 evidence1550 apparentness1583 manifestness1589 palpableness1608 patency1656 obviousness1661 1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 8v Such is the palpablenesse of their irregular enormities. 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Isa. xxxii. 14 For the house is forsaken, the multitude of the citie is leaft, darkenesse and palpablenesse are made vpon the dennes for euer. 1793 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 481 The palpableness of these resolutions rendered it impossible the House could reject them. 1847 A. Bennie Disc. iii. 39 Giving to the abstractions of feeling the palpableness of sense. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xxix. 322 He replied in a steady voice, the steadiness of which was spoilt by the palpableness of his great effort to keep it so. 1909 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 15 150 The palpableness of much of his [sc. the scientist's] knowledge. 2000 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 30 Nov. 5 Its characters..are pure presences, without past or future: beings of flesh and voice, rendered with stunning palpableness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1608 |
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