sprucenessn.

Brit.

/ˈspruːsnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈsprusnəs/

Forms: see spruce adj.² and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: spruce adj.², -ness suffix.

Etymology: < spruce adj.² + -ness suffix.

The character or quality of being spruce; smartness, neatness, trimness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > neatness or trimness

dapperness1530

featishness1530

trimness1552

neatness1555

featness1576

pickedness1578

spruceness1594

comptness1611

deftness1612

smugness1632

jemminess1756

spick and span1758

smartness1768

sprucery1813

dapperism1830

nattiness1846

sleekness1866

spit and polish1895

spick-and-spanness1911

1594 O. B. Questions Profitable Concernings f. 21 I take them notwithstanding their Sprusenesse, by your leaue, for no better then good euery dayes fooles.

1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. A3 Now in the time of sprucenes, our plaies followe the nicenes of our Garments.

1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata ii. v. 60 An exceeding well-shaped body throughout, loving neatness, spruceness, trimming and the like.

1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 6 July (1932) (modernized text) III. 1180 A spruceness of dress is also very proper and becoming at your age.

1790 Loiterer No. 51. 8 The latter has, by..the volubility of his tongue, and spruceness of his person, gained the reputation of ‘A mighty good sort of a young Man’.

1833 H. Martineau Briery Creek v. 108 Not all his spruceness could hide it, if he was as spruce as ever.

1884 Sat. Rev. 7 June 745/2 There is an offensive spruceness about the whole picture.

1951 P. Fatout A. Bierce i. 17 All his life he impressed observers by a fanatical attention to personal spruceness.

2007 Times (Nexis) 27 Jan. (Mag.) 51 Adam is a theatrical impresario, and dresses with all the dapper spruceness of a, well, theatrical impresario.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spruceness
释义	sprucenessn. Brit. /ˈspruːsnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈsprusnəs/ Forms: see spruce adj.² and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: spruce adj.², -ness suffix. Etymology: < spruce adj.² + -ness suffix. The character or quality of being spruce; smartness, neatness, trimness. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [noun] > neatness or trimness dapperness1530 featishness1530 trimness1552 neatness1555 featness1576 pickedness1578 spruceness1594 comptness1611 deftness1612 smugness1632 jemminess1756 spick and span1758 smartness1768 sprucery1813 dapperism1830 nattiness1846 sleekness1866 spit and polish1895 spick-and-spanness1911 1594 O. B. Questions Profitable Concernings f. 21 I take them notwithstanding their Sprusenesse, by your leaue, for no better then good euery dayes fooles. 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. A3 Now in the time of sprucenes, our plaies followe the nicenes of our Garments. 1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata ii. v. 60 An exceeding well-shaped body throughout, loving neatness, spruceness, trimming and the like. 1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 6 July (1932) (modernized text) III. 1180 A spruceness of dress is also very proper and becoming at your age. 1790 Loiterer No. 51. 8 The latter has, by..the volubility of his tongue, and spruceness of his person, gained the reputation of ‘A mighty good sort of a young Man’. 1833 H. Martineau Briery Creek v. 108 Not all his spruceness could hide it, if he was as spruce as ever. 1884 Sat. Rev. 7 June 745/2 There is an offensive spruceness about the whole picture. 1951 P. Fatout A. Bierce i. 17 All his life he impressed observers by a fanatical attention to personal spruceness. 2007 Times (Nexis) 27 Jan. (Mag.) 51 Adam is a theatrical impresario, and dresses with all the dapper spruceness of a, well, theatrical impresario. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1594
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