smeethnessn.
? Obsolete.
Smoothness.
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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [noun]
smeethnessc1000
smoothnessc1374
slickness1667
sleekedness1693
slidnessa1758
sleekness1811
c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 26 He forgeaf..hreoflium smeðnysse.
c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 177 Planities, smeþnys.
1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) 1 Kings vi. 18 And al the hows..hadde hise smethenessis, and hise ioynyngis maad suteli.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) v. xxvii Þe same bones..meue þe more spedefullich by smeþenes and softenes.
c1470 Promptorium Parvulorum (K.) 460/2 Smethenes, planicies.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Smeethness, smoothness.
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