单词 | reposedness |
释义 | reposednessn. rare in later use. The quality or condition of being tranquil, calm, or quiet.Common in 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > [noun] stillnessc888 roOE stilth?c1225 lowna1250 peacea1275 restc1350 tranquillityc1374 leea1400 tranquille1412 quietness?a1425 quiet?c1450 restfulnessc1450 quiety?a1500 quietation?1504 calm1547 calmness1561 peacefulnessa1566 halcyon1567 repose1577 quietude1598 still1608 hushtness1609 reposedness1616 reposeness1617 serenity1641 undisturbedness1649 indisturbance1660 pacateness1666 sleep1807 tranquilness1818 requiescence1837 reposefulness1872 1616 T. Gainsford Hist. Trebizond iii. 184 So great a king made himselfe exemplary by his owne vprightnesse in iudgment, trueth of word, reposednesse of speech, [etc.]. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. ii. §8. 211 Vnder the shadow of Gods wings, the Soule findes her true reposednesse, her refuge. 1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 94 I here enioy a reposednesse not vnlike that of the dead. 1663 J. Mayne tr. Lucian Part of Lucian 118 Way is to be made for the Potion, the Body to be prepared for the Reception, and to be carefully ordered; sometimes taken down and macerated,..sometimes to be cast into a reposednesse, sleep, and left solitary. 1884 M. Boole in Jrnl. Educ. Sept. 342 There is an intelligent and wide-awake reposedness in Jewish girls. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1616 |
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