单词 | superficialty |
释义 | superficialtyn.ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [noun] > a) dimension(s) > property of having two dimensions > surface extent or area superficialty?a1425 area?a1560 capacity?a1560 superficies1571 content1576 spread1584 continenta1608 containdure1623 surfacea1640 superficiality1690 ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 124 Oure contree ne Irelond ne Wales..ne ben not in the superficyalte cownted abouen the erthe... For the superficialtee of the erthe is departed in vij parties for the vij planetes, And þo parties ben clept clymates. 2. = superficiality n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > [noun] > superficiality superficiality1618 superficialness1624 superficialty1826 superficialism1830 1826 E. A. Kendall Lett. to Friend III. 1020 A brace of axioms which are the key-stones of my whole edifice, and which it will never be within the means of the superficialties of Mr. Wilmot Horton..to remove! 1886 Unitarian Feb. 33/1 That externality and superficialty by which morality, divorced from religion, is necessarily characterized. 1922 Arts & Decoration Jan. 203/3 The superficialties of pretentious playwrights. 1973 Financial Times 13 Apr. 3/4 Not that one would complain overmuch if Zeffirelli's film merely offended on the grounds of shallowness... Superficialty, however, is compounded with an all-too-knowing determination to avoid offence. 2008 J. Falla Open Ice 184 There is more to Béliveau than the superficialty of style. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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