perfectnessn.

Brit.

/ˈpəːfᵻk(t)nᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈpərfək(t)nəs/

Forms: see perfect adj. and -ness suffix; also Middle English parfynesse (transmission error), Middle English perfyghnes (transmission error).

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

Etymology: < perfect adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier perfection n., unperfectness n.

= perfection n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun]

fullfremednesseOE

perfectionc1350

perfectnessa1387

meurte1474

thummim1539

flourish1597

finishing1757

reproachlessness1803

perfectibility1809

sublimification1868

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 75 (MED) Alwey he wiþstood vices and fondede to styȝe up to þe perfiȝtnesse of virtues [L. ardua virtutum].

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 325^v For alle particulere þinges, þe whiche euerich is perfite in hit silf, beþ perfite whan þey beþ redact in to oon, for alle holnesse and perfitenesse longeþ to oon and to vnite.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. 200 Poule preched þe peple þat parfitnesse loued.

1464 Rolls of Parl. V. 562/1 That every of the seid Clothes..of the parfitnes aforeseid, be..sealed.

a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) Prol. 3 The sange of psalmes..does away synne, it quemes god, it enformes perfytnes.

a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. C.vii^v Theyr chambre thus to dresse With suche parfetnesse And all suche holynesse.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 173 Page: Once to beholde with your Sunne beamed eyes, With your Sunne beamed eyes... Ber: Is this your perfectnes? begon you rogue.

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice iv. 27 There is nothing..which brings a horse either to perfitnesse, or imperfitenesse, but onely practise.

1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 393 Marriage is Creations perfectness, barren Virginity is but uncompleted Man.

1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. (1775) 79 Use makes perfytness.

1795 S. T. Coleridge Plot Discovered 33 That Constitution, from whose present perfectness they derive their only possible justification.

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. v. 326 In this varied delineation of female perfectness, no earlier poet had equalled him.

1871 F. T. Palgrave Lyrical Poems 72 Home of the peace earth cannot give In her most perfect perfectness!

1929 E. Bowen Last September iv. 42 She felt..the perfectness of their being together.

1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 28 Aug. l1 This sun-saturated playground in which they play..must be preserved in all its pretty perfectness.

1997 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 2 Mar. (Mag.) 8 m These awesome manifestations of God's power, perfectness and omnipotence.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	perfectness
释义	perfectnessn. Brit. /ˈpəːfᵻk(t)nᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpərfək(t)nəs/ Forms: see perfect adj. and -ness suffix; also Middle English parfynesse (transmission error), Middle English perfyghnes (transmission error). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perfect adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < perfect adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier perfection n., unperfectness n. = perfection n. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun] fullfremednesseOE perfectionc1350 perfectnessa1387 meurte1474 thummim1539 flourish1597 finishing1757 reproachlessness1803 perfectibility1809 sublimification1868 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 75 (MED) Alwey he wiþstood vices and fondede to styȝe up to þe perfiȝtnesse of virtues [L. ardua virtutum]. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 325^v For alle particulere þinges, þe whiche euerich is perfite in hit silf, beþ perfite whan þey beþ redact in to oon, for alle holnesse and perfitenesse longeþ to oon and to vnite. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. 200 Poule preched þe peple þat parfitnesse loued. 1464 Rolls of Parl. V. 562/1 That every of the seid Clothes..of the parfitnes aforeseid, be..sealed. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) Prol. 3 The sange of psalmes..does away synne, it quemes god, it enformes perfytnes. a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. C.vii^v Theyr chambre thus to dresse With suche parfetnesse And all suche holynesse. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 173 Page: Once to beholde with your Sunne beamed eyes, With your Sunne beamed eyes... Ber: Is this your perfectnes? begon you rogue. View more context for this quotation 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice iv. 27 There is nothing..which brings a horse either to perfitnesse, or imperfitenesse, but onely practise. 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 393 Marriage is Creations perfectness, barren Virginity is but uncompleted Man. 1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. (1775) 79 Use makes perfytness. 1795 S. T. Coleridge Plot Discovered 33 That Constitution, from whose present perfectness they derive their only possible justification. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. v. 326 In this varied delineation of female perfectness, no earlier poet had equalled him. 1871 F. T. Palgrave Lyrical Poems 72 Home of the peace earth cannot give In her most perfect perfectness! 1929 E. Bowen Last September iv. 42 She felt..the perfectness of their being together. 1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 28 Aug. l1 This sun-saturated playground in which they play..must be preserved in all its pretty perfectness. 1997 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 2 Mar. (Mag.) 8 m These awesome manifestations of God's power, perfectness and omnipotence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1387
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