单词 | solitariness |
释义 | solitarinessn. 1. The state of being solitary or alone; the fact of being or dwelling apart from others.Very common c1575–1700, and in the 19th cent. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [noun] onenessOE alangenessc1330 solitudec1374 alonenessc1384 solenessc1449 solitarinessa1533 solitarnessa1578 lonelinessa1586 lonedom1612 lonesomeness1702 solitarity1811 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Dd.ivv Yf thou bee a wydowe of solytarynesse. 1559 W. Barker Nobility of Women (1904) 129 He refusethe cumpanye, and desyrethe solytarynes. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 228 Christian the Elector..was reputed..to affect solitarinesse, and little to be seene of the people. 1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim (1665) xxix. 344 There is very great use of Solitariness, especially in the beginnings of a New Life. 1726 S. Willard Body of Divinity 892/2 Man is made for society; solitariness, or living alone, being a trespass against humane nature. 1801 M. Edgeworth Angelina i, in Moral Tales II. 10 With what soul-rending eloquence does my Angelina describe the solitariness..she experiences in a crowded metropolis! 1894 S. Baring-Gould Kitty Alone II. 106 Kate had felt acutely this solitariness in which she lived. 2. The state or character of being unfrequented, retired, or secluded; absence of life or stir. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [noun] > unfrequented place > unfrequentedness solitariness1560 solitude1585 infrequency1600 unfrequency1611 unhauntedness1611 untroddenness1644 unfrequentedness1651 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. clixv But when..the Cardinals, whiche he had sent thither aduertised him that there was great solitarinesse..he deferreth the day of the Counsell till Easter folowyng. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 252 Taking the solitarinesse of the night,..shee fell downe..before the altare. 1609 W. M. Man in Moone sig. Bv By the sollitarinesse of the house I judged it a Lodge in a forrest. 1694 P. Falle Acct. Isle of Jersey i. 26 The solitariness of the Place, and the want of Necessaries,..causing many of them to desert. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xli. 35 The solitariness of a field through which they passed. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xviii. 52 A silence and solitariness which affected everything. Not a human being but ourselves for miles. 1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 234 The solitariness of the almost deserted avenue, solitariness only occasionally broken in upon by a hired carriage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1533 |
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