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单词 substantiousness
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substantiousnessn.

Forms: see substantious adj. and -ness suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: substantious adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < substantious adj. + -ness suffix.
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.
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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).
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