单词 | patheticalness |
释义 | patheticalnessn. Now rare. = patheticness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > quality of affecting the emotions > [noun] patheticalnessa1607 movingness1661 pathos1668 stress1737 touchingnessa1750 patheticness1874 a1607 T. Brightman Brightman Redivivus (1647) ii. 26 He doth with great Patheticalnesse of affection breake forthe to the prosecuting of the Doctrine of Scandall in generall. 1727 A. Blackwall Sacred Classics (ed. 2) I. ii. v. 339 The patheticalness, grace and dignity of the sentence. a1832 J. Bentham Chrestomathia in Wks. (1843) VIII. 191 The several properties..which..are desirable in language, may thus be enumerated: 1. Clearness. 2. Correctness... 14. Patheticalness. 1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters III. iv. xiii. 184 A large amount of the dreamy and sentimental sadness..and general patheticalness of modern life results merely from derangement of stomach. 1913 Times 8 July 4/5 In his mouth..all their quaintness, their softness, their queer patheticalness come out. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1607 |
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