stillnessn.

/ˈstɪlnɪs/

Etymology: Old English stilnes , -nys , < stille adjective. See still adj. and -ness suffix. Compare Old High German stilnissi.

The condition or quality of being still.

1. Absence of movement or physical disturbance; motionlessness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > absence of movement

stillnessc1000

motionlessness1817

stirlessness1888

c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xxxi. 1053 Heo oncneow sona þæt heo alysed wæs and læg aþenod ætforan his fotum onfangenre stilnysse.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 475/2 Stylnesse, wytheowt mevynge, tranquillitas.

1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 363/2 Malacia,..calmenesse or stillnesse of the sea.

1617 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 3) iv. xviii. 498 A pleasant Riuer of fresh water, if it may not rather be called a Lake for the stillnesse.

1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. ii. 20 They will admire as much at the stilness of our station, and dulness of our constant dwelling in one place.

1711 J. Swift Conduct of Allies 10 If a House be on fire,..those at next Door may escape, by a Shower from Heaven, or the stillness of the Weather.

a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 614/1 The capacity of health and sickness is the same; of stillness and movement; of being raised up and of falling down.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. i. vii. 123 The background of green and grey stillness.

1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay ii. 21 She..would have been rather handsome but for her extreme stillness, coldness, and want of colour.

1898 F. Montgomery Tony 19 The stillness of his figure and his utter silence.

1908 E. Fowler Between Trent & Ancholme 12 The stillness often betokens rain.

2. Freedom from tumult, strife, or agitation; tranquillity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > [noun]

stillnessc888

roOE

stilth?c1225

lowna1250

peacea1275

restc1350

tranquillityc1374

leea1400

tranquille1412

quietness?a1425

quiet?c1450

restfulnessc1450

quiety?a1500

quietation?1504

calm1547

calmness1561

peacefulnessa1566

halcyon1567

repose1577

quietude1598

still1608

hushtness1609

reposedness1616

reposeness1617

serenity1641

undisturbedness1649

indisturbance1660

pacateness1666

sleep1807

tranquilness1818

requiescence1837

reposefulness1872

c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. vii. §1 Forðæm þu eart eac nu of þinre stilnesse ahworfen.

a1122 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (MS. C.) ann. 1065 Her wearð Harold eac to kynge gehalgod & he lytle stillnesse þar on gebad þa hwile þe he rices weold.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 115 He scal..beon on erfeðnesse anred and edmod on stilnesse.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. xxxii. 17 The tilthe of riȝtfulnesse schal be stilnesse and sikirnesse.

1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xvii. 166 Prayer is the silence of our Souls: the stilness and calm of all our Passions.

1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone iv. 73 On my mind A passive stillness is enjoined.

1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham II. vi. 49 That air of perfect repose—the stillness of a deep soul, which rests over their writings.

1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay i. 17 I love quietness, stillness,—being with a few people I like.

a. Silence; freedom from noise; abstinence from speech, taciturnity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [noun]

stillnessc1050

silencea1225

seld-speech?c1225

taciturnityc1450

retreata1533

mum1555

silentness1573

reticence1603

reticencya1617

reservation1619

parciloquy1656

reserve1659

costiveness1792

incommunicativeness1815

mutism1824

incommunicableness1835

ineloquence1843

incommunicability1855

unspeaking1860

mumchanceness1910

mumchanciness1920

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [noun] > silence

stillnessc1050

silence?c1225

clum1340

stillhead1340

quiet?c1450

whust1558

husht1566

muteness1590

silency1595

still1608

hushtness1609

whistness1609

silentness1664

noiselessness1834

soundlessness1834

non-speech1863

shush1954

deafening silence1968

ciunas1986

c1050 in Assmann Ags. Hom. xii. 7 Þæt we..mid micelre eadmodnysse & stilnysse us to urum drihtne gebiddan.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 123 Of þisse stilnesse he spekeð biforen lutel.

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. pr. i. l. 2 After that she hadde gadered by atempre stillenesse [L. modesta taciturnitate] myn attencioun.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 475/2 Stylnesse, nowt spekynge..taciturnitas, silencium.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice v. i. 56 Soft stilnes, and the night become the tutches of sweet harmonie.

1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim (1687) 177 Who all this while had been in a profound stilness.

1751 T. Gray Elegy ii. 5 All the air a solemn stillness holds.

1784 J. King Cook's Voy. Pacific III. v. iv. 55 We afterward saw the natives flying, the boats retire from the shore, and passing and repassing, in great stillness, between the ships.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 425 A certain stillness and gravity of manner, perhaps in some degree peculiar to commercial people.

1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Apr. 384/2 What is the stillness of the desert, compared with this place?

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. xii. 181 The darkness and the deep stillness of the room were very solemn.

1843 J. Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) I. 28 Wordsworth, read in the stillness of a mountain hollow, has the force of the mountain waters.

1892 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads 174 They are lifting their heads in the stillness to yelp at the English flag!

†b. Secrecy. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [noun]

dighelnessc1000

dernship?c1225

derna1250

concealmenta1325

hidnessc1330

hiddennessc1380

privy1384

secrenessc1386

secre1390

stillnessa1400

secretnessa1475

hodelnessec1475

scuggery?a1500

hugger-mugger1529

closeness1562

secrecy1563

privatenessa1586

covertness1592

hugger-mug1654

privacy1702

conspiracy of silence1865

hush-hush1973

a1400 Hymns Virgin etc. (1895) 110 Stele þou nouȝt þi neiȝebors þing, Nouþur wiþ stillenes ne wiþ strif.

1753 W. Warburton Princ. Nat. & Revealed Relig. I. vii. 299 In all the depth and stillness of Politics.

4. Quietness of temper or behaviour; freedom from turbulence or self-assertion. (See also still adj. 4d.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > meekness or mildness > [noun]

mildnessOE

meeknessc1175

mildshipa1200

meekshipc1225

stillness?c1225

mildheadc1300

mansuetudec1390

mansuetiea1500

placidity1619

placidness1654

milkiness1692

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 303 Marie dale is stilnesse & reste of alle worldes noise.

c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1013 But we labour in trauaillous stilnesse.

a1564 T. Becon Common-pl. Holy Script. in Wks. III. 93 The goodman with stilnesse and pacience taryeth for y^e health of the Lorde.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. i. 4 In Peace, there's nothing so becomes a man, As modest stillnesse, and humilitie.

1738 J. Wesley Hymns ‘Meek, patient Lamb of God’ ii Give me in Stillness to sustaine Whate'er thy Wisdom shall ordain.

1745 J. Wesley Answer to Rev. Church 19 Your Notion of True Stillness is, ‘A patient waiting upon God’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	stillness
释义	stillnessn. /ˈstɪlnɪs/ Etymology: Old English stilnes , -nys , < stille adjective. See still adj. and -ness suffix. Compare Old High German stilnissi. The condition or quality of being still. 1. Absence of movement or physical disturbance; motionlessness. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > absence of movement stillnessc1000 motionlessness1817 stirlessness1888 c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xxxi. 1053 Heo oncneow sona þæt heo alysed wæs and læg aþenod ætforan his fotum onfangenre stilnysse. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 475/2 Stylnesse, wytheowt mevynge, tranquillitas. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 363/2 Malacia,..calmenesse or stillnesse of the sea. 1617 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 3) iv. xviii. 498 A pleasant Riuer of fresh water, if it may not rather be called a Lake for the stillnesse. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. ii. 20 They will admire as much at the stilness of our station, and dulness of our constant dwelling in one place. 1711 J. Swift Conduct of Allies 10 If a House be on fire,..those at next Door may escape, by a Shower from Heaven, or the stillness of the Weather. a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 614/1 The capacity of health and sickness is the same; of stillness and movement; of being raised up and of falling down. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. i. vii. 123 The background of green and grey stillness. 1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay ii. 21 She..would have been rather handsome but for her extreme stillness, coldness, and want of colour. 1898 F. Montgomery Tony 19 The stillness of his figure and his utter silence. 1908 E. Fowler Between Trent & Ancholme 12 The stillness often betokens rain. 2. Freedom from tumult, strife, or agitation; tranquillity. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > [noun] stillnessc888 roOE stilth?c1225 lowna1250 peacea1275 restc1350 tranquillityc1374 leea1400 tranquille1412 quietness?a1425 quiet?c1450 restfulnessc1450 quiety?a1500 quietation?1504 calm1547 calmness1561 peacefulnessa1566 halcyon1567 repose1577 quietude1598 still1608 hushtness1609 reposedness1616 reposeness1617 serenity1641 undisturbedness1649 indisturbance1660 pacateness1666 sleep1807 tranquilness1818 requiescence1837 reposefulness1872 c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. vii. §1 Forðæm þu eart eac nu of þinre stilnesse ahworfen. a1122 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (MS. C.) ann. 1065 Her wearð Harold eac to kynge gehalgod & he lytle stillnesse þar on gebad þa hwile þe he rices weold. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 115 He scal..beon on erfeðnesse anred and edmod on stilnesse. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. xxxii. 17 The tilthe of riȝtfulnesse schal be stilnesse and sikirnesse. 1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xvii. 166 Prayer is the silence of our Souls: the stilness and calm of all our Passions. 1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone iv. 73 On my mind A passive stillness is enjoined. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham II. vi. 49 That air of perfect repose—the stillness of a deep soul, which rests over their writings. 1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay i. 17 I love quietness, stillness,—being with a few people I like. 3. a. Silence; freedom from noise; abstinence from speech, taciturnity. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [noun] stillnessc1050 silencea1225 seld-speech?c1225 taciturnityc1450 retreata1533 mum1555 silentness1573 reticence1603 reticencya1617 reservation1619 parciloquy1656 reserve1659 costiveness1792 incommunicativeness1815 mutism1824 incommunicableness1835 ineloquence1843 incommunicability1855 unspeaking1860 mumchanceness1910 mumchanciness1920 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [noun] > silence stillnessc1050 silence?c1225 clum1340 stillhead1340 quiet?c1450 whust1558 husht1566 muteness1590 silency1595 still1608 hushtness1609 whistness1609 silentness1664 noiselessness1834 soundlessness1834 non-speech1863 shush1954 deafening silence1968 ciunas1986 c1050 in Assmann Ags. Hom. xii. 7 Þæt we..mid micelre eadmodnysse & stilnysse us to urum drihtne gebiddan. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 123 Of þisse stilnesse he spekeð biforen lutel. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. pr. i. l. 2 After that she hadde gadered by atempre stillenesse [L. modesta taciturnitate] myn attencioun. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 475/2 Stylnesse, nowt spekynge..taciturnitas, silencium. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice v. i. 56 Soft stilnes, and the night become the tutches of sweet harmonie. View more context for this quotation 1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim (1687) 177 Who all this while had been in a profound stilness. 1751 T. Gray Elegy ii. 5 All the air a solemn stillness holds. 1784 J. King Cook's Voy. Pacific III. v. iv. 55 We afterward saw the natives flying, the boats retire from the shore, and passing and repassing, in great stillness, between the ships. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 425 A certain stillness and gravity of manner, perhaps in some degree peculiar to commercial people. 1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Apr. 384/2 What is the stillness of the desert, compared with this place? 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. xii. 181 The darkness and the deep stillness of the room were very solemn. 1843 J. Ruskin Arrows of Chace (1880) I. 28 Wordsworth, read in the stillness of a mountain hollow, has the force of the mountain waters. 1892 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads 174 They are lifting their heads in the stillness to yelp at the English flag! †b. Secrecy. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [noun] dighelnessc1000 dernship?c1225 derna1250 concealmenta1325 hidnessc1330 hiddennessc1380 privy1384 secrenessc1386 secre1390 stillnessa1400 secretnessa1475 hodelnessec1475 scuggery?a1500 hugger-mugger1529 closeness1562 secrecy1563 privatenessa1586 covertness1592 hugger-mug1654 privacy1702 conspiracy of silence1865 hush-hush1973 a1400 Hymns Virgin etc. (1895) 110 Stele þou nouȝt þi neiȝebors þing, Nouþur wiþ stillenes ne wiþ strif. 1753 W. Warburton Princ. Nat. & Revealed Relig. I. vii. 299 In all the depth and stillness of Politics. 4. Quietness of temper or behaviour; freedom from turbulence or self-assertion. (See also still adj. 4d.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > meekness or mildness > [noun] mildnessOE meeknessc1175 mildshipa1200 meekshipc1225 stillness?c1225 mildheadc1300 mansuetudec1390 mansuetiea1500 placidity1619 placidness1654 milkiness1692 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 303 Marie dale is stilnesse & reste of alle worldes noise. c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1013 But we labour in trauaillous stilnesse. a1564 T. Becon Common-pl. Holy Script. in Wks. III. 93 The goodman with stilnesse and pacience taryeth for y^e health of the Lorde. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. i. 4 In Peace, there's nothing so becomes a man, As modest stillnesse, and humilitie. View more context for this quotation 1738 J. Wesley Hymns ‘Meek, patient Lamb of God’ ii Give me in Stillness to sustaine Whate'er thy Wisdom shall ordain. 1745 J. Wesley Answer to Rev. Church 19 Your Notion of True Stillness is, ‘A patient waiting upon God’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.c888
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