† seelinessn.

Forms: Middle English selines, sellines, Middle English selynes(s(e, Middle English, 1600s selinesse, 1600s seelinesse.

Etymology: < seely adj. + -ness suffix. Old English had gesǽlignes.

Obsolete.

1. Happiness, blessedness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > [noun]

selthc888

bliss971

eadinessOE

seleOE

eadilaikc1175

blissfulnessc1374

seelinessc1374

felicityc1386

seelihead14..

beneurte1480

brightnessa1500

happinessa1500

glee1579

faustity1656

eudemony1727

a song in one's heart1862

the bluebird of happiness1911

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 813 So worldly selinesse,..Y-medled is with many a bitternesse!

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10816 All cristen men þat was and es, Has thorut hir þair selines.

1447 O. Bokenham Agnes in Lyvys Seyntys 135 Swetter þe loue, feyrere þe face, And of selynes mych gretere þe grace.

c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. xxx. iv In mykill ioye and worldly selynesse.

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxxv^v For thou wenest thilke ioye to be selynesse or els ease.

2. Simplicity; silliness. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > [noun]

simplenessa1382

innocencec1385

simplessec1391

simplicityc1450

innocencya1513

simplehead1543

greenness1548

insipidity1603

seeliness1642

niaiserie1657

silliness1736

simpletonism1825

simple-mindedness1827

simpletonianism1848

noodleness1931

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 45 As old Eli overrules Samuels seelinesse.

1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 164 Any simple Reader may easily discry the selinesse of your Arguments.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	seeliness
释义	† seelinessn. Forms: Middle English selines, sellines, Middle English selynes(s(e, Middle English, 1600s selinesse, 1600s seelinesse. Etymology: < seely adj. + -ness suffix. Old English had gesǽlignes. Obsolete. 1. Happiness, blessedness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > [noun] selthc888 bliss971 eadinessOE seleOE eadilaikc1175 blissfulnessc1374 seelinessc1374 felicityc1386 seelihead14.. beneurte1480 brightnessa1500 happinessa1500 glee1579 faustity1656 eudemony1727 a song in one's heart1862 the bluebird of happiness1911 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 813 So worldly selinesse,..Y-medled is with many a bitternesse! a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 10816 All cristen men þat was and es, Has thorut hir þair selines. 1447 O. Bokenham Agnes in Lyvys Seyntys 135 Swetter þe loue, feyrere þe face, And of selynes mych gretere þe grace. c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. xxx. iv In mykill ioye and worldly selynesse. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer i. f. cccxxxv^v For thou wenest thilke ioye to be selynesse or els ease. 2. Simplicity; silliness. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > [noun] simplenessa1382 innocencec1385 simplessec1391 simplicityc1450 innocencya1513 simplehead1543 greenness1548 insipidity1603 seeliness1642 niaiserie1657 silliness1736 simpletonism1825 simple-mindedness1827 simpletonianism1848 noodleness1931 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 45 As old Eli overrules Samuels seelinesse. 1653 T. Gataker Vindic. Annot. Jer. 10.2 164 Any simple Reader may easily discry the selinesse of your Arguments. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1374
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