单词 | unlikeness |
释义 | unlikenessn. 1. The condition or quality of being unlike; dissimilarity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [noun] > unknown quality unlikenessc1225 unknownness1580 unkennedness1896 c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) 161 I þis worlt þet is icleopet lond of unlicnesse. c1390 (?c1350) St. Augustine l. 224 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 65 I fond fro þe þat fer I was, As in a kyngdam of vnlikenes. c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 100 (MED) Euerich man in dedly synne ys þis ȝonger broþer þat is gon a pilgrimage fro Crist, his Fadur, to a fer contre of unliknesse, and haþ mad his couenaunt wiþ þe deuel, þat is a gret burgeis of þat contre. b. gen. Absence of similarity or resemblance; difference. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [noun] diversitya1340 difference1340 variancec1374 distancea1382 unlikenessa1387 variationc1405 discrepation?a1425 distinction1435 severaltyc1449 unlikelinessc1450 dissemblance1463 unlikelihood1483 alteritya1500 indifferencec1503 discrepancea1522 dissimilitude1532 differency1542 variety1552 discernment1570 disparitya1575 discrepancy1579 otherness1587 discernance1592 imparity1608 disanalogy1610 disresemblance1622 dislikeness1623 diff1624 inconformity1625 irresemblance1628 variousness1628 odds1642 disparation1654 aliety1656 disparility1656 disparateness1659 severality1664 nonconformity1672 unconformableness1712 dissimilarity1715 differentness1727 differ1787 allogeneitya1834 otherwiseness1890 otherliness1937 diversion- a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 205 (MED) God..knowez þe fairenesse of al creatures, and wiþ what liknesse and vnliknesse [?a1475 anon. tr. dissimilitude; L. dissimilitudine] of parties þey beeþ i-medled to gidres. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 227 For noo drede licknesse of breþeren causiþ love among hem, and unliknesse is cause of discord. 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xvi. f. lxxxiii The causes that he layeth of dyssymilitude & vnlykenes, bytwene the wytnessys. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. v. 37 The unlikenes of manners declareth and argueth a bastarde. 1634 J. Canne Necessitie of Separation ii. 82 Marke..what they speake here, touching their likenesse and unlikenesse with the Papists. 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 9 Where the different sexe in most resembling unlikenes, and most unlike resemblance cannot but please best. 1709 Brit. Apollo: Supernumerary Paper Apr. We meet with some Characters of Unlikeness in this Similitude. 1772 J. Wesley Jrnl. 11 Feb. (1827) III. 440 For..unlikeness to all the world beside,..the writer is without a rival! 1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. vi. 165 It was..strange in its utter unlikeness to any teaching..which he had ever heard before. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. ix. 173 We know of no other way in which this likeness in unlikeness can be brought about. 1945 Times 26 June 7/4 Observers of the General Election in Scotland are still impressed by its unlikeness to those of the past. 1992 Guardian (Nexis) 26 Aug. (Features section) 32 The innumerable points of unlikeness which pertain between oneself and one's fellow men. c. As a count noun: an instance or example of dissimilarity; a difference. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [noun] > a difference or distinction shedc950 diversityc1340 differencea1382 differencea1393 severance1422 distinction1435 discretivec1487 differing1528 unlikeness1561 distinguishment1592 fork1639 discrimen1644 misresemblancea1693 bright line1842 1561 H. Becher tr. Vocation & Callyng all Nations ii. iii. sig. M(vi) Who now can tel what the causes should be of these diuersities & vnliknesses being al vnder one and the same grace? 1598 I. D. tr. L. Le Roy Aristotles Politiques v. ii. 258 To preuent the seditions which proceede from vnlikenesse, wee must not remooue the vnlikenesses themselues, without which no Commonweale can stand, but rather the disorder growing betweene vnlike persons. 1663 R. South Serm. preached Nov. 9, 1662 Ep. Ded. sig. A4v As great an unlikeness, as between St. Pauls a Cathedral, and St. Pauls a Stable. 1668 Philos. Trans. 1667 (Royal Soc.) 2 611 These two unlikenesses I mention together. 1746 Fool (1748) I. 33 They are the Beau and the Belle; and, if I may be understood in thus speaking, are a similar Unlikeness. 1760 ‘Cato’ Six Concluding Lett. to Senator ix. 44 A charity..carrying so many unlikenesses to a great many charities, and so many likenesses to Deity it self. 1828 R. Southey Poet. Epist. to A. Cunningham 370 I recognise all these unlikenesses, Spurious abominations though they be. 1879 G. Campbell White & Black in U.S. 22 The likenesses are much more numerous and much more prominent than the unlikenesses. 1936 Proc. & Addr. Amer. Philos. Assoc. 10 150 The unlikenesses between scientific and metaphysical verification. 1975 Hudson Rev. 28 284 The likenesses and unlikenesses of his own case and Johnson's. 2015 H. M. Daluz Fund. Fingerprint Anal. i. iii. 30 Many unlikenesses become apparent if the objects are examined closely. 2. A poor or unsatisfactory image or representation of a person or thing. Cf. likeness n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > misrepresentation > [noun] > in visible form unlikeness1622 misfiguring1699 mislikeness1822 misresemblance1822 1622 F. Rous Dis. of Time xiv. 300 It shewes to vs what God is not, and not what he is, not a likenesse but an vnlikenesse of God. 1729 T. Cooke Tales 127 His ample Shield..On which th' Unlikeness of the Greek appears. 1784 Artist's Repository & Drawing Mag. 1 208 The spoiling of much good copper, ink, and paper..with the unlikenesses of our illustrious, and royal personages of the present day. 1843 H. W. Longfellow in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) II. 4 In the next number is an un-likeness of me,..in a morning-gown. 1991 Mountain Democrat (Placerville Calif.) 8 Apr. a8/2 The rug, with a horrendous unlikeness of Bill Rogers, wasn't used. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1225 |
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