shortnessn.

/ˈʃɔːtnɪs/

Etymology: < short adj. + -ness suffix.

a. The quality or fact of being short in duration, linear magnitude, serial extent, etc.; absence of length, brevity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [noun]

unlengthc1275

stuckness1440

shortness1774

brevity1863

c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) xliv. 266 Manega synd gyt Coniunctiones, þe we ne magon nu secgan on ðissere sceortnysse.

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 44 Wiþ schortnesse of sermon.

1496–7 Act 12 Hen. VII c. 2 The seid Statutes for shortnes of tyme syn the making of theym..as yet may not be perfitely knowen.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 354 Such as the shortnesse of the time can shape.

1660 P. Heylyn Mary in Ecclesia Restavrata (1849) II. 222 [Mary's reign] was only commendable in the brevity or shortness of it.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 47 The shortness of the legs in the web-footed kinds.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. ii. vi. 273 The shortness of our acquaintance.

1841 R. G. Latham Eng. Lang. ii. vii. 136 The comparative shortness of Vowel u.

1885 Law Times 78 295/2 The shortness of the title might not have been a sufficient objection.

†b. Brevity or conciseness in speech or writing.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [noun]

fastness?a1200

compendiousness1398

short speaking14..

shortness?c1450

brevity1509

briefness1530

pithiness1557

laconism1570

succinctness1609

parsimony1650

laconicism1656

nexility1656

syntomy1656

conciseness1659

closeness1712

compendiosity1727

pressness1728

abruptness1731

concision1774

laconicalness1830

compactness1841

terseness1864

Spartanhood1880

Spartanism1880

brachylogy1882–3

condensity1885

?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 297 Withe a quyet schortenes, they schal say that is to be seyde.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 104 Therfore must I vse so much the more shortnesse at this present.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. iv. 38 Your plainnesse and your shortnesse please me well.

c. for shortness: for the sake of brevity, to save time or distance. Now rare. †Also for the sake of shortness, because of shortness, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > phrases indicating conciseness [phrase] > for the sake of brevity

because of shortness?c1450

for shortness?c1450

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adverb] > for the sake of or out of desire for

for the sake of shortness1710

the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [adverb] > because of or by reason of > regarded as an aim or purpose

for the sake of shortness1710

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 931 I leeue þe proloug for shortnes.

1524 R. Copland tr. J. de Bourbon Syege Cyte of Rodes in Begynnynge Ordre Knyghtes Hospytallers sig. Cv^v And many other were wounded whose names be not rehersed here bycause of shortnesse.

1710 in Further Evid. Nairne Peerage (1874) 153 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. D) XII. 199 Under the reservations provisions and declarations above exprest (which are here holden as sett down for shortnes sake).

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iv. vii. 244 Taking side-roads, for shortness, for safety.

†d. (a) A short period (of time). (b) Short stature. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun]

shortness1598

lowness1638

dwarfishness1647

dwarfedness1883

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > a short or moderate space of time

weekeOE

littleOE

roomOE

stoundOE

startc1300

houra1350

furlong wayc1384

piecea1400

weea1400

speed whilec1400

hanlawhilea1500

snack1513

spirt?1550

snatch1563

fit1583

spurta1591

shortness1598

span1599

bit1653

thinking time1668

thinking-while1668

onwardling1674

way-bit1674

whilie1819

fillip1880

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. ii. 82 The time of life is short, To spend that shortnes basely were too long.

1650 Don Bellianis x. 56 Don Bellianis, whose shortnesse reached not to the others middle.

a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) i. ii. 12 Most of those things..even during the shortness of time which they last, have a thousand changes.

2. Defective reach (of vision, memory, etc.).

ΚΠ

1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth iv. 223 The Queene made answer with shortnesse of minde.

1661 A. Cowley Vision Cromwell 45 A little mistake of the shortnesse of his sight.

1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub iii. 74 Yet has the unhappy shortness of my Memory led me into an Error.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. iii. iv. 190 Their fatal shortness of vision.

1904 H. Paul Hist. Mod. Eng. II. ix. 192 The extreme shortness of his sight would have interfered with his efficiency as a soldier.

†3. Defectiveness, imperfection; plural defects, shortcomings. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > types of: defectiveness or faultiness

defection1526

faultiness1530

lameness1530

defecta1538

badness1539

defectuosity1602

defectiveness1603

defectibilitya1617

shortness1644

defectuousness1654

defectability1662

demerit1832

wonkiness1982

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > an imperfection > defect or fault or flaw > immaterial

default1340

vicec1386

craze1534

crack1570

flaw1586

tincturea1640

mole1644

shortness1644

snag1830

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. Concl. 346 Since his raigne was but at the beginning of sciences, he could not chose but haue some defects and shortenesses.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. i. §9. 10 Which..through the shortness of their own reason doth appear to them to be so.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. iii. 171 The Shortness of our Faculties.

4. shortness of breath n. a dyspnœic condition, breathlessness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > shortness of breath

straitness1398

straitheada1400

pursivenessc1450

pursiness?c1475

shortwindiness1545

shortness of breath1577

angustness1598

angustity1599

brevity1600

breathlessness1612

short-windedness1614

dyspnoea1681

tightness1785

puffiness1813

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 190 The water thereof destilled and drunke..helpeth the Cough, and shortnesse of breath.

1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 350 The dyspnœa of pleurisy without liquid effusion is chiefly shortness of breath.

5. The condition of being ‘short of’ something; deficiency, want (esp. of money, food, etc.); also, scantiness (of a supply, a crop, †a meal).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > deficiency, lack, or shortage

wanec888

trokingc1175

want?c1225

defaultc1300

trokea1325

fault1340

lacking1377

scarcityc1380

wantingc1390

absencea1398

bresta1400

defect?a1425

lack?c1425

defailing1502

mank?a1513

inlaik1562

defection1576

inlaiking1595

vacuity1601

deficience1605

lossa1616

failancea1627

deficiency1634

shortness1669

falling shorta1680

miss1689

wantage1756

shortage1868

1669 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa (1671) ii. 265 The meanness, and shortness of their Dinner.

1763 L. Scrafton Refl. Govt. Indostan (1770) i. 20 The poor and middling sort are only curbed by the shortness of their finances.

1831 J. Sinclair Corr. II. 28 The shortness of the crop, will assist in reducing the price of lands still lower.

1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 174/2 The shortness of water in the boiler had the effect of over-heating the plates.

1882 C. E. L. Riddell Prince of Wales's Garden-party 205 There was no shortness of money.

6. The quality of being ‘short’ in texture or substance; friability, brittleness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [noun] > loose texture > lack of cohesion > quality of being friable or crumbly

friability1620

shortness1655

friableness1667

crumbliness1807

1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xix. 177 The head of a Carp, the tail of a Pike, and the Belly of a Bream are most esteemed, for their tenderness, shortness, and well relishing.

1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 363 The brittleness and shortness of Pig-iron.

1861 W. Fairbairn Iron 175 Metallic manganese has been used by Mr. Mushet to correct red shortness or cold shortness in steel.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	shortness
释义	shortnessn. /ˈʃɔːtnɪs/ Etymology: < short adj. + -ness suffix. 1. a. The quality or fact of being short in duration, linear magnitude, serial extent, etc.; absence of length, brevity. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [noun] unlengthc1275 stuckness1440 shortness1774 brevity1863 c1000 Ælfric Gram. (Z.) xliv. 266 Manega synd gyt Coniunctiones, þe we ne magon nu secgan on ðissere sceortnysse. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 44 Wiþ schortnesse of sermon. 1496–7 Act 12 Hen. VII c. 2 The seid Statutes for shortnes of tyme syn the making of theym..as yet may not be perfitely knowen. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 354 Such as the shortnesse of the time can shape. View more context for this quotation 1660 P. Heylyn Mary in Ecclesia Restavrata (1849) II. 222 [Mary's reign] was only commendable in the brevity or shortness of it. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VI. 47 The shortness of the legs in the web-footed kinds. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. ii. vi. 273 The shortness of our acquaintance. 1841 R. G. Latham Eng. Lang. ii. vii. 136 The comparative shortness of Vowel u. 1885 Law Times 78 295/2 The shortness of the title might not have been a sufficient objection. †b. Brevity or conciseness in speech or writing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [noun] fastness?a1200 compendiousness1398 short speaking14.. shortness?c1450 brevity1509 briefness1530 pithiness1557 laconism1570 succinctness1609 parsimony1650 laconicism1656 nexility1656 syntomy1656 conciseness1659 closeness1712 compendiosity1727 pressness1728 abruptness1731 concision1774 laconicalness1830 compactness1841 terseness1864 Spartanhood1880 Spartanism1880 brachylogy1882–3 condensity1885 ?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 297 Withe a quyet schortenes, they schal say that is to be seyde. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 104 Therfore must I vse so much the more shortnesse at this present. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. iv. 38 Your plainnesse and your shortnesse please me well. View more context for this quotation c. for shortness: for the sake of brevity, to save time or distance. Now rare. †Also for the sake of shortness, because of shortness, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > phrases indicating conciseness [phrase] > for the sake of brevity because of shortness?c1450 for shortness?c1450 the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adverb] > for the sake of or out of desire for for the sake of shortness1710 the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [adverb] > because of or by reason of > regarded as an aim or purpose for the sake of shortness1710 ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 931 I leeue þe proloug for shortnes. 1524 R. Copland tr. J. de Bourbon Syege Cyte of Rodes in Begynnynge Ordre Knyghtes Hospytallers sig. Cv^v And many other were wounded whose names be not rehersed here bycause of shortnesse. 1710 in Further Evid. Nairne Peerage (1874) 153 in Sessional Papers House of Lords (H.L. D) XII. 199 Under the reservations provisions and declarations above exprest (which are here holden as sett down for shortnes sake). 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iv. vii. 244 Taking side-roads, for shortness, for safety. †d. (a) A short period (of time). (b) Short stature. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] shortness1598 lowness1638 dwarfishness1647 dwarfedness1883 the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] > a short or moderate space of time weekeOE littleOE roomOE stoundOE startc1300 houra1350 furlong wayc1384 piecea1400 weea1400 speed whilec1400 hanlawhilea1500 snack1513 spirt?1550 snatch1563 fit1583 spurta1591 shortness1598 span1599 bit1653 thinking time1668 thinking-while1668 onwardling1674 way-bit1674 whilie1819 fillip1880 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. ii. 82 The time of life is short, To spend that shortnes basely were too long. View more context for this quotation 1650 Don Bellianis x. 56 Don Bellianis, whose shortnesse reached not to the others middle. a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) i. ii. 12 Most of those things..even during the shortness of time which they last, have a thousand changes. 2. Defective reach (of vision, memory, etc.). ΚΠ 1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth iv. 223 The Queene made answer with shortnesse of minde. 1661 A. Cowley Vision Cromwell 45 A little mistake of the shortnesse of his sight. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub iii. 74 Yet has the unhappy shortness of my Memory led me into an Error. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. iii. iv. 190 Their fatal shortness of vision. 1904 H. Paul Hist. Mod. Eng. II. ix. 192 The extreme shortness of his sight would have interfered with his efficiency as a soldier. †3. Defectiveness, imperfection; plural defects, shortcomings. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > types of: defectiveness or faultiness defection1526 faultiness1530 lameness1530 defecta1538 badness1539 defectuosity1602 defectiveness1603 defectibilitya1617 shortness1644 defectuousness1654 defectability1662 demerit1832 wonkiness1982 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > an imperfection > defect or fault or flaw > immaterial default1340 vicec1386 craze1534 crack1570 flaw1586 tincturea1640 mole1644 shortness1644 snag1830 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. Concl. 346 Since his raigne was but at the beginning of sciences, he could not chose but haue some defects and shortenesses. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. i. §9. 10 Which..through the shortness of their own reason doth appear to them to be so. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. iii. 171 The Shortness of our Faculties. 4. shortness of breath n. a dyspnœic condition, breathlessness. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > shortness of breath straitness1398 straitheada1400 pursivenessc1450 pursiness?c1475 shortwindiness1545 shortness of breath1577 angustness1598 angustity1599 brevity1600 breathlessness1612 short-windedness1614 dyspnoea1681 tightness1785 puffiness1813 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 190 The water thereof destilled and drunke..helpeth the Cough, and shortnesse of breath. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 350 The dyspnœa of pleurisy without liquid effusion is chiefly shortness of breath. 5. The condition of being ‘short of’ something; deficiency, want (esp. of money, food, etc.); also, scantiness (of a supply, a crop, †a meal). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] > deficiency, lack, or shortage wanec888 trokingc1175 want?c1225 defaultc1300 trokea1325 fault1340 lacking1377 scarcityc1380 wantingc1390 absencea1398 bresta1400 defect?a1425 lack?c1425 defailing1502 mank?a1513 inlaik1562 defection1576 inlaiking1595 vacuity1601 deficience1605 lossa1616 failancea1627 deficiency1634 shortness1669 falling shorta1680 miss1689 wantage1756 shortage1868 1669 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa (1671) ii. 265 The meanness, and shortness of their Dinner. 1763 L. Scrafton Refl. Govt. Indostan (1770) i. 20 The poor and middling sort are only curbed by the shortness of their finances. 1831 J. Sinclair Corr. II. 28 The shortness of the crop, will assist in reducing the price of lands still lower. 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 174/2 The shortness of water in the boiler had the effect of over-heating the plates. 1882 C. E. L. Riddell Prince of Wales's Garden-party 205 There was no shortness of money. 6. The quality of being ‘short’ in texture or substance; friability, brittleness. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [noun] > loose texture > lack of cohesion > quality of being friable or crumbly friability1620 shortness1655 friableness1667 crumbliness1807 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xix. 177 The head of a Carp, the tail of a Pike, and the Belly of a Bream are most esteemed, for their tenderness, shortness, and well relishing. 1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 363 The brittleness and shortness of Pig-iron. 1861 W. Fairbairn Iron 175 Metallic manganese has been used by Mr. Mushet to correct red shortness or cold shortness in steel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1000
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