单词 | sweerness |
释义 | sweernessn. Scottish and northern dialect. 1. Indolence, laziness, sloth. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] sleuthc888 sweernessc888 slacknessc897 unlustOE aswolkenessc1000 slothc1175 sweeringa1300 sloth-head1303 unlusthead1340 nicetya1387 sluggardy1390 sluggardness1398 nicehead1440 musardryc1450 slugnessc1450 lashness1477 sweerdomc1480 truantness1483 passibilityc1485 sleuthfulness1488 sluggardry1513 slothfulness1526 sluggardise1532 luskishness1538 desidiousnessa1540 ocivity1550 restiness?c1550 niceness1557 laziness1580 easinessa1586 poltroonery1590 facility1615 pigritude1623 pigrity1623 otiosity1632 easefulnessa1639 dronishness1674 reasiness1679 indolence1710 accidity1730 indolency1741 lurgy1769 donothingness1814 far niente1819 oisivity1830 donothingism1839 dronage1846 lotus-eating1852 faineance1853 faineancy1854 bummerism1858 lazyhood1866 bone-laziness1875 sleevelessness1882 bummery1887 sluggardliness1977 c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxv. §1 Þeah sio swærnes ðæs lichoman & þa unþeawas oft abisegien þæt mod mid ofergiotulnesse. a1300 Cursor Mundi 28370 My suernes me has don for~gette. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 107 Superfluite, glotany, and lust, and swernes. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Knychthede (1993) vii. 45 Suerenes is a vice quhilk makis a man to hate all gudelynes, and to lufe all viciousnes. 1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay 20 Sweirnes is aganis the thrid command. 1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Segnities,..sweirnes: desidia. a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) ix. 129 Checking himself for swearness, laziness, and loving of his bed too well. 2. Unwillingness, disinclination (to do something). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [noun] un-i-willa1225 unlustc1230 dangerc1290 loathnessa1300 thronessa1400 grudgingc1420 nilling?a1425 unlustiness?a1425 loathinessc1449 difficulty?c1450 grudge1477 sticking1525 scruple1526 unreadiness1526 sweerness1533 dangerousness1548 untowardnessa1555 envy1557 loathsomeness1560 retractation1563 stickling1589 indisposition1593 loathfulness1596 backwardness1597 unwillingness1597 reluctation1598 offwardness1600 undisposedness1600 hinka1614 reluctancy1621 reluctancea1628 renitence1640 nolencea1651 nolencya1651 indisposedness1651 shyness1651 nolition1653 costiveness1654 sullenness1659 scrupling1665 regret1667 queerness1687 stickiness1689 disinclination1695 uneasinessa1715 tarditude1794 disclination1812 inalacrity1813 grudgingness1820 tarrowing1832 reticence1863 grudgery1889 balkiness1894 safety first1913 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. v. xxiv. 231 For swernes þat ȝe haue to big, ȝe ar reddy to suffer all þir schamefull..dammaigis. 1659 Melrose Regality Records (1914) I. 218 [He] burstit [a mare]..puting and binding three harrowes togither for hes sueirnes to lift the ane at the land end. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c888 |
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