单词 | peculiarness |
释义 | peculiarnessn. rare in 18th and 19th centuries. The quality of being peculiar (in various senses); peculiarity. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > [noun] > quality of being particular or not general > fact of belonging to a particular thing or person peculiarness1573 propriety1625 properness1630 exclusiveness1727 exclusivism1834 exclusivity1926 1573 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalipse (rev. ed.) xxxviii. f. 110v Their peculiarnesse or diuersitie is, that Sathan hath sowen sundry heresies in the Church [etc.]. a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) 5 Things sacred..which have upon them a relation of peculiarness towards God. a1658 J. Durham Expos. Rev. (1680) i. 25 Done to shew a peculiarness in that day and the meetings on it. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Vernacularness, Properness, or Peculiarness to one's own Country. 1841 J. M. Willson Deacon 30 (note) So far as there was in their [sc. the Jews'] laws either a typicalness proper to their church, or a peculiarness of respect to their state in that land of promise given unto them. 1917 ‘O. Henry’ Heart of West viii. 116 Peculiarness of Bob is,..he ain't had a proper trainin'. 1997 D. Johnson Le Divorce 162 The very peculiarness of love elated me on every bus ride, every walk through the Jardin du Luxembourg. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1573 |
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