seemingnessn.

/ˈsiːmɪŋnɪs/

Etymology: < seeming adj. + -ness suffix.

1. The quality or fact of seeming to be something; unreal pretence; plausibility.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > seeming > action, fact, or quality

apparency1393

seeming1398

appearancec1430

seemingness1640

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > specious quality

colourableness1571

plausibleness1598

speciosity1608

seemingness1640

plausibility1649

speciousness1665

meretriciousness1727

meretricious1837

1640 G. Abbot Whole Bk. Iob Paraphr. vi. 43/1 I put my confidence in you, because of your former seemingnesse.

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. vi. 45 Were it not for the authority of Aristotle and of his learned followers, that presseth vs on the one side; and for the seemingnesse of those reasons we haue already mentioned, which persuadeth vs on the other side.

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. vi. 16) There is a great deal of seemingnesse, and much counterfeit grace abroad.

1830 C. Lamb Let. 8 Mar. (1935) III. 252 In the silken seemingness of his nature there is that which offends me.

2. Semblance, seeming existence or presence.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > seeming

semblant?c1225

coloura1325

countenance1362

appearancec1386

seemc1440

fair seeming1484

resemblant1485

seeming1576

apparition1613

semblancea1616

imposture1643

verisimile1652

seemingness1656

1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 91 Under the seemingnesse or appearance of evill.

1702 Sherburne Seneca's Trag. Ep. Ded. sig. A 3^v I must confess, there is not a little Seemingness of Incongruity between [etc.].

1851 G. Meredith Sleeping City in Poems 14 The seemingness of Death, not dead.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	seemingness
释义	seemingnessn. /ˈsiːmɪŋnɪs/ Etymology: < seeming adj. + -ness suffix. 1. The quality or fact of seeming to be something; unreal pretence; plausibility. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > seeming > action, fact, or quality apparency1393 seeming1398 appearancec1430 seemingness1640 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > specious quality colourableness1571 plausibleness1598 speciosity1608 seemingness1640 plausibility1649 speciousness1665 meretriciousness1727 meretricious1837 1640 G. Abbot Whole Bk. Iob Paraphr. vi. 43/1 I put my confidence in you, because of your former seemingnesse. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. vi. 45 Were it not for the authority of Aristotle and of his learned followers, that presseth vs on the one side; and for the seemingnesse of those reasons we haue already mentioned, which persuadeth vs on the other side. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. vi. 16) There is a great deal of seemingnesse, and much counterfeit grace abroad. 1830 C. Lamb Let. 8 Mar. (1935) III. 252 In the silken seemingness of his nature there is that which offends me. 2. Semblance, seeming existence or presence. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > seeming semblant?c1225 coloura1325 countenance1362 appearancec1386 seemc1440 fair seeming1484 resemblant1485 seeming1576 apparition1613 semblancea1616 imposture1643 verisimile1652 seemingness1656 1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 91 Under the seemingnesse or appearance of evill. 1702 Sherburne Seneca's Trag. Ep. Ded. sig. A 3^v I must confess, there is not a little Seemingness of Incongruity between [etc.]. 1851 G. Meredith Sleeping City in Poems 14 The seemingness of Death, not dead. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1640
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