单词 | thoughtiness |
释义 | > as lemmasˈthoughtiness ˈthoughtiness n. (a) melancholy, pensiveness (archaic); (b) thoughtfulness, thinking. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [noun] > pensiveness pensiveheadc1425 pensivenessc1425 pensienessc1450 pensifulnessc1450 thoughtfulness1594 melancholy?1614 thoughtinessa1658 pensive1664 a1658 J. Durham Pract. Expos. X. Commandements (1675) x. 459 That thoughtiness and anxious carefulness which often is in bargains making,..is we conceive especially pointed at here, there is a sutable carefulness, which..is consistent with lawful diligence. a1709 J. Nimmo Narr. (1889) 4 My father..was resolved to use authoretie qch was not pleasing to me, & increassed my thoghtines. 1983 W. L. Lorimer & R. L. C. Lorimer New Test. in Scots 12 Whilk o ye can eik hauf an ell til his heicht bi thochtiness? 2002 X. J. Kennedy in A. Finch & K. Varnes Exalt. of Forms iii. 208 There's always the danger that a poem will turn into a clogged mishmash of excessive thoughtiness. 2008 J. Bryan Looking Inward v. 196 Hoccleve initially presents his solitary thoughtiness, his poisonous flirtations with despair, not as the cause of his social alienation, but as the result. < as lemmas |
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