单词 | pulpiness |
释义 | pulpinessn. The quality or state of being pulpy (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [noun] > pulpiness or mushiness carnosity1533 mash1630 pulp1801 pulpiness1818 mushiness1868 1818 L. Hunt Foliage p. xxxv Fervency..Of..inward pulpiness intense. 1825 Lancet 5 Mar. 267/2 A pulpiness, or softness; the mucous membrane appears more pulpy, or soft, than natural. 1859 G. W. Thornbury in Househ. Words 22 Jan. 190/2 I see,..by the dimness and pulpiness of his eyes, that he is blind. 1869 Contemp. Rev. 11 357 Appreciating critics who write about its [sc. a picture's] fruitiness, and juiciness, and pulpiness, and downiness, and peachiness. 1901 Weekly Reg. 11 Oct. 442 This elasticity, or rather pulpiness, in regard to religion in boarding schools. 1943 College Eng. 4 289/1 His abandonment of satire drains his works of their élan and reduces them to pulpiness and routine. 1986 Financial Post (Canada) (Nexis) 12 Apr. i. 8 Apples and oranges can be ranked..for color, pulpiness, sweetness, [etc.]. 2004 N.Y. Times Mag. 11 July 26/1 The comic-book form until recently has been unable to shed a certain aura of pulpiness, cheesiness and semi-literacy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1818 |
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