unnaturalnessn.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈnatʃ(ə)rəlnəs/,

/(ˌ)ʌnˈnatʃ(ə)rl̩nəs/, U.S.

/ˌənˈnætʃ(ə)rəlnəs/

Forms: see unnatural adj. and -ness suffix.

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

Etymology: < unnatural adj. + -ness suffix. Compare naturalness n.

1. The quality of not being in accordance with the usual course of nature; abnormal or unusual character or condition.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > condition of being abnormal or unnatural

unkindnessc1390

unnaturalness?a1425

monstrosity1639

prodigiousness1649

preternaturality1666

preternaturalness1695

abnormity1724

unnaturalism1754

unnaturality1819

non-naturality1827

preternaturalism1834

non-naturalness1878

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [noun] > unwontedness or unusualness > unusualness or unnaturalness

non-naturality1827

unnaturalness1865

non-naturalness1878

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 156 (MED) Þe humour þat may not be coaguled, i. crudded, signified vnnaturelnesse.

1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 47 If it [sc. spring] be compared or conioyned with the vnnaturalnesse of winter, it is hote & drie.

1607 B. Jonson Volpone iii. ix. sig. H4^v That the vnnaturalnesse..of the act..would sure enrage him.

1633 T. James Strange Voy. 77 This vnnaturalnesse of the season did torment our men.

1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. vi. 349 The Unnaturalness of such Disobedience will appear yet farther.

1754 E. Owen Observ. Earths, Rocks, Stones & Minerals Bristol iv. ii. 150 The first thing which gave me an objection to his system, was the unnaturalness of it.

1764 London Chron. 7 Apr. 3/1 I hate maritime expressions, similes, and allusions; my dislike, I suppose, proceeds from the unnaturalness of shipping.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede III. v. xliii. 134 The unnaturalness of her crime.

1865 E. B. Pusey Eirenicon 12 The unnaturalness and strangeness of the facts.

1884 Spectator 4 Oct. 1302/1 The unnaturalness of the situations in which he acts a part.

1917 A. Cahan Rise of David Levinsky (1993) xiv. iii. 511 The cause of the catastrophe lay in the nature, or rather in the unnaturalness, of the ‘get-rich-quick’ epidemic.

2003 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 12 Apr. 46 Once you get over the unnaturalness of filling your lungs with smoke, the effects can be pleasurable.

2. Personal conduct or character out of keeping with natural human feelings or moral standards, esp. in regard to familial relationships; cruel, inhuman or unfeeling behaviour. Now historical or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil conduct > [noun]

unkindheadc1325

unkindnessc1390

disnaturalness1430

unnaturalness1534

unnaturality1548

sluttery1648

malversation1752

doggery1844

Schweinerei1896

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] > unnatural conduct

unkindheadc1325

unkindnessc1390

unkinda1393

disnaturalness1430

unnaturalness1534

unnaturality1548

1534 T. Palmer Let. 14 June in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/13/43) f. 49 Whereas I hadde thoughte to haue hadde ayde, consolacion and comfforte, I ffownde vnnaturalnes, ingratitewde and vnkindnes.

1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles f. xxxvi Thys cruell dede declareth the vnnaturalnesse of the Barbarous nation.

1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. ix. 25) 85 Their parents also through their unnaturalness are compell'd to curse them.

1689 D. Granville in Remains (1861) I. 97 I am not..guilty in the lestwise of..injustice and unnaturallness to my fellow-subjects.

1703 J. Quick Serious Inq. 26 A Prodigy of Baseness, Unnaturalness and Ungratefulness.

1758 J. Jortin Life Erasmus I. 547 Burnet hath retracted his mistake that this Lord..sat in judgment upon his daughter, which would have impeached him of great unnaturalness.

1838 Dublin Univ. Mag. May 547/1 Maybe unnaturalness to one's own is a worse sin nor screening their misfortune.

1888 Jrnl. Speculative Philos. 22 41 The sin of the inhabitants of this circle consists essentially in unnaturalness.

1911 G. B. Shaw Doctor's Dilemma Pref. p. xxxvii He must terrify or revolt them from time to time by acts of hideous cruelty or disgusting unnaturalness.

1994 A. Findlay Illegitimate Power iii. 126 The elaborate fiction allows him to displace his own unnaturalness towards brother and father on to Edgar.

3. The quality of seeming artificial, affected, or forced; lack of natural grace or ease; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of simplicity > [noun]

unnaturalness1786

sophistication1850

the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > want of natural ease

strainedness1639

unnaturalness1870

1786 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. 21 I have no intention of entering into all the circumstances of unnaturalness in Theatrical representations.

?1803 D. Wordsworth Recoll. Tour (1875) 49 The unnaturalness of a modern garden.

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 205 What we call unnaturalness always has its spring in a man's thinking too much about himself.

1876 A. Sidgwick Introd. Greek Prose Composition 59 He will..be saved from falling into many unnaturalnesses of expression.

1913 Sewanee Rev. 21 210 To some there is nothing in all this ambitious verse but effort, bombast, unnaturalness.

1991 C. Eddy Stairway to Hell 41/2 All this uppercrustedly erudite try-to-phrase-every-syllable-just-right-but-get-it-wrong unnaturalness that somehow ends up sounding conversational.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unnaturalness
释义	unnaturalnessn. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈnatʃ(ə)rəlnəs/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈnatʃ(ə)rl̩nəs/, U.S. /ˌənˈnætʃ(ə)rəlnəs/ Forms: see unnatural adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unnatural adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < unnatural adj. + -ness suffix. Compare naturalness n. 1. The quality of not being in accordance with the usual course of nature; abnormal or unusual character or condition. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > condition of being abnormal or unnatural unkindnessc1390 unnaturalness?a1425 monstrosity1639 prodigiousness1649 preternaturality1666 preternaturalness1695 abnormity1724 unnaturalism1754 unnaturality1819 non-naturality1827 preternaturalism1834 non-naturalness1878 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [noun] > unwontedness or unusualness > unusualness or unnaturalness non-naturality1827 unnaturalness1865 non-naturalness1878 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 156 (MED) Þe humour þat may not be coaguled, i. crudded, signified vnnaturelnesse. 1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 47 If it [sc. spring] be compared or conioyned with the vnnaturalnesse of winter, it is hote & drie. 1607 B. Jonson Volpone iii. ix. sig. H4^v That the vnnaturalnesse..of the act..would sure enrage him. View more context for this quotation 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 77 This vnnaturalnesse of the season did torment our men. 1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. vi. 349 The Unnaturalness of such Disobedience will appear yet farther. 1754 E. Owen Observ. Earths, Rocks, Stones & Minerals Bristol iv. ii. 150 The first thing which gave me an objection to his system, was the unnaturalness of it. 1764 London Chron. 7 Apr. 3/1 I hate maritime expressions, similes, and allusions; my dislike, I suppose, proceeds from the unnaturalness of shipping. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede III. v. xliii. 134 The unnaturalness of her crime. 1865 E. B. Pusey Eirenicon 12 The unnaturalness and strangeness of the facts. 1884 Spectator 4 Oct. 1302/1 The unnaturalness of the situations in which he acts a part. 1917 A. Cahan Rise of David Levinsky (1993) xiv. iii. 511 The cause of the catastrophe lay in the nature, or rather in the unnaturalness, of the ‘get-rich-quick’ epidemic. 2003 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 12 Apr. 46 Once you get over the unnaturalness of filling your lungs with smoke, the effects can be pleasurable. 2. Personal conduct or character out of keeping with natural human feelings or moral standards, esp. in regard to familial relationships; cruel, inhuman or unfeeling behaviour. Now historical or archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil conduct > [noun] unkindheadc1325 unkindnessc1390 disnaturalness1430 unnaturalness1534 unnaturality1548 sluttery1648 malversation1752 doggery1844 Schweinerei1896 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] > unnatural conduct unkindheadc1325 unkindnessc1390 unkinda1393 disnaturalness1430 unnaturalness1534 unnaturality1548 1534 T. Palmer Let. 14 June in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/13/43) f. 49 Whereas I hadde thoughte to haue hadde ayde, consolacion and comfforte, I ffownde vnnaturalnes, ingratitewde and vnkindnes. 1550 W. Lynne tr. J. Carion Thre Bks. Cronicles f. xxxvi Thys cruell dede declareth the vnnaturalnesse of the Barbarous nation. 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. ix. 25) 85 Their parents also through their unnaturalness are compell'd to curse them. 1689 D. Granville in Remains (1861) I. 97 I am not..guilty in the lestwise of..injustice and unnaturallness to my fellow-subjects. 1703 J. Quick Serious Inq. 26 A Prodigy of Baseness, Unnaturalness and Ungratefulness. 1758 J. Jortin Life Erasmus I. 547 Burnet hath retracted his mistake that this Lord..sat in judgment upon his daughter, which would have impeached him of great unnaturalness. 1838 Dublin Univ. Mag. May 547/1 Maybe unnaturalness to one's own is a worse sin nor screening their misfortune. 1888 Jrnl. Speculative Philos. 22 41 The sin of the inhabitants of this circle consists essentially in unnaturalness. 1911 G. B. Shaw Doctor's Dilemma Pref. p. xxxvii He must terrify or revolt them from time to time by acts of hideous cruelty or disgusting unnaturalness. 1994 A. Findlay Illegitimate Power iii. 126 The elaborate fiction allows him to displace his own unnaturalness towards brother and father on to Edgar. 3. The quality of seeming artificial, affected, or forced; lack of natural grace or ease; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of simplicity > [noun] unnaturalness1786 sophistication1850 the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > want of natural ease strainedness1639 unnaturalness1870 1786 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. 21 I have no intention of entering into all the circumstances of unnaturalness in Theatrical representations. ?1803 D. Wordsworth Recoll. Tour (1875) 49 The unnaturalness of a modern garden. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 205 What we call unnaturalness always has its spring in a man's thinking too much about himself. 1876 A. Sidgwick Introd. Greek Prose Composition 59 He will..be saved from falling into many unnaturalnesses of expression. 1913 Sewanee Rev. 21 210 To some there is nothing in all this ambitious verse but effort, bombast, unnaturalness. 1991 C. Eddy Stairway to Hell 41/2 All this uppercrustedly erudite try-to-phrase-every-syllable-just-right-but-get-it-wrong unnaturalness that somehow ends up sounding conversational. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425
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