singlenessn.

Etymology: < single adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsingleness.

a. Sincerity, straightforwardness, honesty, integrity; freedom from deceit, duplicity, or guile.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [noun]

heartliness1435

singleness1526

fidelity1534

unfeignedness1535

sincereness1537

uprightness1541

integrity1548

entireness1549

sincerity1557

reality1616

realty1619

single-heartedness1642

plain-heartedness1647

single-mindedness1833

genuineness1841

1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Cor. ix. 11 That..ye maye be made ryche in all Synglenes.

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 2 Cor. viii. f. liiii^v The poorer they became..throughe theyr godly liberalitie, the rycher are they growen in gentle heartes and singlenes.

1796 F. Burney Camilla III. vi. xii. 392 Ashamed to have heeded any advice so contrary to the singleness of the doctrines of her father.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Assassins i, in Prose Wks. (1888) II. 148 A character superior in singleness and sincere self-apprehension to the slavery of pagan customs.

1845 B. Disraeli Sybil I. ii. xvi. 302 With artlessness..and a degree of earnest singleness.

1874 M. Creighton Hist. Ess. (1902) i. 13 The purity and singleness of his first motive was gone.

b. Const. of heart, mind, eye, etc.

ΚΠ

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Wisd. i. 1 Haue a good opinion of the Lorde, & seke him in the synglenesse of hert.

1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xx. 357 The thirde [virtue] is singlenesse of heart.

1660 Bp. J. Taylor Worthy Communicant i. v. 94 We must speak of his power..with joyfulness and singleness or simplicitie of heart.

1798 V. Knox Christian Philos. (ed. 3) Pref. p. x A consciousness of having, with singleness of heart, espoused a cause beneficial to mankind.

1828 T. B. Macaulay Hallam's Constit. Hist. in Edinb. Rev. Sept. 106 Unsparing devotion, boldness of speech, and singleness of eye.

1842 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. ix. 154 Miss Martineau is a person of great singleness of mind, sincere and truthful.

1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. p. xxxiii Respected for his integrity, industry, and singleness of character.

1885 North Star 18 May 3/2 Doing what he held to be his life-work with singleness of soul.

a. The state or condition of being unmarried, or of not marrying again (quot. a1817); celibacy.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > [noun] > state or condition of

singleness1560

single blessedness1600

unweddedness1830

singledom1851

1560 Bible (Geneva) 1 Cor. vii. 28 (note) He doth not preferre singlenes as a thing more holy than mariage.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccccxxxvj^v Whether becometh better the ministers of the church, mariage or singlenesse.

1788 F. Burney Diary 24 July (1842) IV. 186 Whether he is happy or not in marrying, I am sure he will be wretched in singleness.

1800 W. Wordsworth Michael 78 His days had not been passed in singleness. His Helpmate was a comely matron.

a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. i. 7 Sir Walter's continuing in singleness requires explanation.

1881 H. James Portrait of Lady III. vi. 90 She appeared to have accepted the idea of eternal singleness.

b. A single or unmarried person. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > [noun]

singleness1818

singleton1937

single1964

mingle1974

1818 Ld. Byron Let. 3 Mar. (1976) VI. 18 They are marrying the remaining singleness of the royal family.

a. The quality of being single; the fact of consisting of one in number or kind; oneness.In the Shakespeare quotation used punningly for ‘simplicity’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > [noun] > condition of being

onenesseOE

onehoodc1225

unityc1330

onlepihead1340

oneheadc1350

singlertyc1400

onliheada1425

uniona1513

singularity1583

singleness1597

singularness1650

oneship1656

unit1670

onefoldness1674

unicity1691

unitude1841

monadity1844

unitarinessa1866

unitarity1922

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 62 O single soald iest solie singuler for the singlenes .

1608 R. Armin Nest of Ninnies sig. A2^v Since all is one, and one all, thats car'd for, singlenesse hath such regard [etc.].

1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 176 Neither alwaies..ought variety, or singlenes of meats to be exhibited.

1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. xlii. 574 The mind becomes impressed with the singleness of nature's laws.

1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 207 The first writers, combining in a singleness of taste, may construct a particular style.

1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life p. xcv The singleness of the larval velum.

†b. Unmixed nature or quality. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [noun]

purenessa1398

simplenessa1398

simplicitya1398

simplesse?c1400

sincerity1546

purity1553

incompoundness1600

unmixedness1612

immixtness1646

immixture1648

uncompoundedness1649

meracity1656

incommixturea1682

singleness1695

simplexity1817

sheerness1903

1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. iv. 194 That pure Simplicity or Singleness, dwelling in the Divine Nature.

†c. Singularity. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [noun]

singulerty1414

singularness1530

singularity1583

individuality1614

haecceity1635

thisness1643

individuity1650

individualness1681

singleness1728

individuism1825

individualism1847

inscape1868

1728 R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. 21 Novelty and Singleness were as destroying..to Art, as all the Barbarism..of the Enemies of the Romans.

1728 R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. 22 To appear single for the sake of Singleness.

4. The fact of standing alone; solitude, solitariness, isolation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > condition of being alone > [noun]

onenessOE

onehead1340

onliheada1382

singularity1398

onlinessa1425

soleness1587

loneness1591

singleness1816

1816 Ld. Byron Prisoner of Chillon xiii. (note) From its singleness and diminutive size [it] has a peculiar effect upon the view.

1850 W. Wordsworth Prelude xiv. 361 Here keepest thou in singleness thy state: No other can divide with thee this work.

5. The quality or fact of having one single aim or purpose; concentration of the faculties upon one object. Const. of (purpose, aim, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [noun] > on one thing

singularitya1340

singleness1806

unity1836

1806 W. Wordsworth Char. Happy Warrior 40 Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim.

1833–5 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1873) ii. ii. ii. 234 His unrivalled charm..lies in his singleness of purpose.

1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life x. ii. 344 He lived in it with an unhesitating singleness of purpose.

1886 Athenæum 30 Oct. 560/3 His failure seems..due to a want of singleness of aim.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	singleness
释义	singlenessn. Etymology: < single adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsingleness. 1. a. Sincerity, straightforwardness, honesty, integrity; freedom from deceit, duplicity, or guile. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [noun] heartliness1435 singleness1526 fidelity1534 unfeignedness1535 sincereness1537 uprightness1541 integrity1548 entireness1549 sincerity1557 reality1616 realty1619 single-heartedness1642 plain-heartedness1647 single-mindedness1833 genuineness1841 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Cor. ix. 11 That..ye maye be made ryche in all Synglenes. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 2 Cor. viii. f. liiii^v The poorer they became..throughe theyr godly liberalitie, the rycher are they growen in gentle heartes and singlenes. 1796 F. Burney Camilla III. vi. xii. 392 Ashamed to have heeded any advice so contrary to the singleness of the doctrines of her father. a1822 P. B. Shelley Assassins i, in Prose Wks. (1888) II. 148 A character superior in singleness and sincere self-apprehension to the slavery of pagan customs. 1845 B. Disraeli Sybil I. ii. xvi. 302 With artlessness..and a degree of earnest singleness. 1874 M. Creighton Hist. Ess. (1902) i. 13 The purity and singleness of his first motive was gone. b. Const. of heart, mind, eye, etc. ΚΠ 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Wisd. i. 1 Haue a good opinion of the Lorde, & seke him in the synglenesse of hert. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xx. 357 The thirde [virtue] is singlenesse of heart. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Worthy Communicant i. v. 94 We must speak of his power..with joyfulness and singleness or simplicitie of heart. 1798 V. Knox Christian Philos. (ed. 3) Pref. p. x A consciousness of having, with singleness of heart, espoused a cause beneficial to mankind. 1828 T. B. Macaulay Hallam's Constit. Hist. in Edinb. Rev. Sept. 106 Unsparing devotion, boldness of speech, and singleness of eye. 1842 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. ix. 154 Miss Martineau is a person of great singleness of mind, sincere and truthful. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. p. xxxiii Respected for his integrity, industry, and singleness of character. 1885 North Star 18 May 3/2 Doing what he held to be his life-work with singleness of soul. 2. a. The state or condition of being unmarried, or of not marrying again (quot. a1817); celibacy. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > [noun] > state or condition of singleness1560 single blessedness1600 unweddedness1830 singledom1851 1560 Bible (Geneva) 1 Cor. vii. 28 (note) He doth not preferre singlenes as a thing more holy than mariage. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccccxxxvj^v Whether becometh better the ministers of the church, mariage or singlenesse. 1788 F. Burney Diary 24 July (1842) IV. 186 Whether he is happy or not in marrying, I am sure he will be wretched in singleness. 1800 W. Wordsworth Michael 78 His days had not been passed in singleness. His Helpmate was a comely matron. a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. i. 7 Sir Walter's continuing in singleness requires explanation. View more context for this quotation 1881 H. James Portrait of Lady III. vi. 90 She appeared to have accepted the idea of eternal singleness. b. A single or unmarried person. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > [noun] singleness1818 singleton1937 single1964 mingle1974 1818 Ld. Byron Let. 3 Mar. (1976) VI. 18 They are marrying the remaining singleness of the royal family. 3. a. The quality of being single; the fact of consisting of one in number or kind; oneness.In the Shakespeare quotation used punningly for ‘simplicity’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > [noun] > condition of being onenesseOE onehoodc1225 unityc1330 onlepihead1340 oneheadc1350 singlertyc1400 onliheada1425 uniona1513 singularity1583 singleness1597 singularness1650 oneship1656 unit1670 onefoldness1674 unicity1691 unitude1841 monadity1844 unitarinessa1866 unitarity1922 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 62 O single soald iest solie singuler for the singlenes . View more context for this quotation 1608 R. Armin Nest of Ninnies sig. A2^v Since all is one, and one all, thats car'd for, singlenesse hath such regard [etc.]. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 176 Neither alwaies..ought variety, or singlenes of meats to be exhibited. 1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. xlii. 574 The mind becomes impressed with the singleness of nature's laws. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 207 The first writers, combining in a singleness of taste, may construct a particular style. 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life p. xcv The singleness of the larval velum. †b. Unmixed nature or quality. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [noun] purenessa1398 simplenessa1398 simplicitya1398 simplesse?c1400 sincerity1546 purity1553 incompoundness1600 unmixedness1612 immixtness1646 immixture1648 uncompoundedness1649 meracity1656 incommixturea1682 singleness1695 simplexity1817 sheerness1903 1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. iv. 194 That pure Simplicity or Singleness, dwelling in the Divine Nature. †c. Singularity. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [noun] singulerty1414 singularness1530 singularity1583 individuality1614 haecceity1635 thisness1643 individuity1650 individualness1681 singleness1728 individuism1825 individualism1847 inscape1868 1728 R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. 21 Novelty and Singleness were as destroying..to Art, as all the Barbarism..of the Enemies of the Romans. 1728 R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. 22 To appear single for the sake of Singleness. 4. The fact of standing alone; solitude, solitariness, isolation. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > condition of being alone > [noun] onenessOE onehead1340 onliheada1382 singularity1398 onlinessa1425 soleness1587 loneness1591 singleness1816 1816 Ld. Byron Prisoner of Chillon xiii. (note) From its singleness and diminutive size [it] has a peculiar effect upon the view. 1850 W. Wordsworth Prelude xiv. 361 Here keepest thou in singleness thy state: No other can divide with thee this work. 5. The quality or fact of having one single aim or purpose; concentration of the faculties upon one object. Const. of (purpose, aim, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [noun] > on one thing singularitya1340 singleness1806 unity1836 1806 W. Wordsworth Char. Happy Warrior 40 Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim. 1833–5 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1873) ii. ii. ii. 234 His unrivalled charm..lies in his singleness of purpose. 1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life x. ii. 344 He lived in it with an unhesitating singleness of purpose. 1886 Athenæum 30 Oct. 560/3 His failure seems..due to a want of singleness of aim. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1526
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