solenessn.
/ˈsəʊlnɪs/ Now rare.† 1. Solitude; solitariness. Obsolete.
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
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 235 Forto haue quietnes and soolnes to preie to God or to a Seint.
1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. sig. H.8 A large house is ofte a reproche to his mayster, if there be in it soolnesse and no recourse.
1594 J. Sylvester Monodia sig. A3v Hir selfe to sadnesse and to solenesse taking.
1612 J. Davies Muses Sacrifice in Wks. (Grosart) II. 68/2 Solenesse, brings sadnesse; Company, but strife.
2. The state or condition of being sole, alone, or apart.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun]
sequestration1565
soleness1587
removednessa1616
sequestera1616
segregation1668
separation1685
insulation1798
isolation1833
social isolation1833
asideness1880
purdah1912
lockdown1984
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > condition of being alone > [noun]
onenessOE
onehead1340
onliheada1382
singularity1398
onlinessa1425
soleness1587
loneness1591
singleness1816
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. vi. 90 The first God..being afore the Beeër, and alone;..yet..abydeth still in the solenesse of his vnitie.
1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences 260 Hee is much troubled with solenesse in suffering.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 27 The Laurel importing Conquest and Sovereignty, and so by consequence soleness in that faculty.
1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 30 Aug. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1200 An advantage which France has,..which is (if I may use the expression) its soleness, continuity of riches and power within itself.
1889 Macmillan's Mag. Jan. 205/1 The Greek islander is never coarse, balanced, as he is, with curious soleness, between the barbarian and the gentleman.
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