† bricklenessn.

Forms:

α. late Middle English bruchelnesse.

β. 1500s brycklenes, 1500s–1600s bricklenes, 1600s brickleness.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: brickle adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < brickle adj. + -ness suffix.

Obsolete.

The quality of being brittle or easily broken; fragility; weakness. Cf. brickle adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > changeableness > [noun]

unstablenessc1340

varyingc1380

uncertaintyc1384

brotelnessc1386

were1390

instabilityc1422

bricklenessa1425

changeability?a1425

changeableness1447

vertibility1447

mutability?a1475

variableness?a1475

inconstance1509

mutationa1542

fickleness1548

variety1548

unconstancy1563

mobility1567

unstability1572

vicissitude1576

variousness1607

inconstancy1613

slipperinessa1618

alterableness1633

versatilousness1640

bottomlessness1642

lability1651

brittlety1652

versatileness1654

fluctuancy1659

fugitivenessa1661

alterability1661

permutability1662

unfixedness1668

mutablenessa1677

flittingnessa1680

frailness1687

flittiness1692

versability1721

plasticity1727

variability1771

unestablishment1776

fluctuabilitya1786

changefulness1791

unsettledness1799

versatility1802

harlequinism1808

fluidity1824

fitfulness1825

sensitiveness1825

insubstantiality1848

contingency1858

rootlessness1859

shiftingness1866

ficklety1888

variancy1888

impredicability1906

proteanism1909

the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [noun] > brittleness or fragility

frailnessa1300

bricklenessa1425

fragility1604

frailty1615

brittleness1669

frangibleness1676

frangibility1783

crackability1810

breakableness1856

brashness1863

α.

a1425 (a1396) R. Maidstone Paraphr. Seven Penitential Psalms (BL Add. 10036) l. 12 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 279 Ȝyue me grace to hyde & hele The blame of my bruchelnesse.

β. 1539 R. Taverner tr. W. Capito Epitome of Psalmes (new ed.) i. sig. G.iij^v That yf any of vs through brycklenes [L. imbecillitate] of the corrupte nature by thy sufferaunce shall fall, yet Lorde let not suche persone harden hys herte agaynst the.1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips lxvii. 473 It is called glassy because of the frailetie and bricklenes.1689 G. Harvey Art of curing Dis. by Expectation xxii. 178 The knowledge of the brickleness..of a Stone.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	brickleness
释义	† bricklenessn. Forms: α. late Middle English bruchelnesse. β. 1500s brycklenes, 1500s–1600s bricklenes, 1600s brickleness. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: brickle adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < brickle adj. + -ness suffix. Obsolete. The quality of being brittle or easily broken; fragility; weakness. Cf. brickle adj. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > changeableness > [noun] unstablenessc1340 varyingc1380 uncertaintyc1384 brotelnessc1386 were1390 instabilityc1422 bricklenessa1425 changeability?a1425 changeableness1447 vertibility1447 mutability?a1475 variableness?a1475 inconstance1509 mutationa1542 fickleness1548 variety1548 unconstancy1563 mobility1567 unstability1572 vicissitude1576 variousness1607 inconstancy1613 slipperinessa1618 alterableness1633 versatilousness1640 bottomlessness1642 lability1651 brittlety1652 versatileness1654 fluctuancy1659 fugitivenessa1661 alterability1661 permutability1662 unfixedness1668 mutablenessa1677 flittingnessa1680 frailness1687 flittiness1692 versability1721 plasticity1727 variability1771 unestablishment1776 fluctuabilitya1786 changefulness1791 unsettledness1799 versatility1802 harlequinism1808 fluidity1824 fitfulness1825 sensitiveness1825 insubstantiality1848 contingency1858 rootlessness1859 shiftingness1866 ficklety1888 variancy1888 impredicability1906 proteanism1909 the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [noun] > brittleness or fragility frailnessa1300 bricklenessa1425 fragility1604 frailty1615 brittleness1669 frangibleness1676 frangibility1783 crackability1810 breakableness1856 brashness1863 α. a1425 (a1396) R. Maidstone Paraphr. Seven Penitential Psalms (BL Add. 10036) l. 12 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 279 Ȝyue me grace to hyde & hele The blame of my bruchelnesse. β. 1539 R. Taverner tr. W. Capito Epitome of Psalmes (new ed.) i. sig. G.iij^v That yf any of vs through brycklenes [L. imbecillitate] of the corrupte nature by thy sufferaunce shall fall, yet Lorde let not suche persone harden hys herte agaynst the.1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalips lxvii. 473 It is called glassy because of the frailetie and bricklenes.1689 G. Harvey Art of curing Dis. by Expectation xxii. 178 The knowledge of the brickleness..of a Stone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1425
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