单词 | substantiousness |
释义 | † substantiousnessn. Scottish. Obsolete. rare. 1. Substantial size and weight. ΚΠ 1540–1 in R. K. Hannay Acts Lords of Council Public Affairs (1932) 547 [For 23 stones of] maid werk..quhilk the said knok..throw hir substanciousnes contenis and weyis [above the said 90 stones]. 1546 in A. Maxwell Old Dundee (1891) i. 12 [The clock being] proportionally forgit, through her substantiousness is wrocht and made to their utilite, profit, and common weill. 2. Wealth. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] plentyc1300 richness?a1400 wealthfulnessc1450 wealthinessa1513 substantiousness1596 plenitya1622 plenitude1631 rowthinessa1838 flushness1868 divitism1890 oofiness1935 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 155 He is maid rich wt the money of Metellan..and wt his ample substantiousnes. 1876 W. Hector Sel. Judicial Rec. Renfrewshire iv. 195 Under such a judge as Sheriff Sempill, no amount of ‘opulence or substantiousness, or pretension to sanctimoniousness’, could prevent severe punishment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1540 |
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