单词 | bonity |
释义 | bonityn. Now rare. Goodness, virtue; (also) quality; standard. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [noun] bonitya1425 gooditya1641 amicableness1646 proof1893 a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) Rom. xi. 22 (MED) Þe bonytee [L. bonitatem] of god. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 132 (MED) In a Kynge Hit is a Souerayne Bonyte..Yf he Enchu to take and holde fro his subiectis har goodis and har Possessions. 1585 R. Parsons Christian Directorie ii. iii. 295 Bonitie, in hurting no man. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. x. §3. 304 He is..a Super-good..as surpassing all other Bonitie. a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 797 The inherent bonity which is in our works. 1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV 6 Moral Bonitie and Vitiositie are differences of human acts merely accidental. 1716 S. Johnson Rev. Encycl. in Career & Writings (1929) II. 212 There are certain properties which are common to all beings..such as unity, verity, bonity, essence, [etc.]. 1790 B. Martin Bibliotheca Technol. xi. 194 Goodness or Bonity is defined to be the Convenience or Agreement of things with the Law and Standard of their Nature. 1872 Railway News 20 Jan. 76/2 Notwithstanding the undoubted bonity of the security these bonds have never been admitted at the Berlin Stock Exchange. 1951 Oikos 3 115 Based upon the quality of the soil or to use a term of production biology..upon the bonity of the biotope. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1425 |
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