unwieldinessn.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈwiːldɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˌənˈwildinᵻs/

Etymology: < unwieldy adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈwieldiness.

1. The quality of being incontrollable or unrestrainable; indocility.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [noun] > quality of being uncontrollable

unwieldiness1571

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (iii. 5) Such as either blame fortune, or..with vnruly rage power out the vnweeldinesse of their sorow.

a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 173 The more unwieldiness there is in our Spirits, the more carnal our affections are in worship, the more evidence there is of the strength of that revolted state.

†2. The state or condition of being weak or feeble; weakness, infirmity. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > weakness

faintise1297

weaknessa1300

faintc1320

feebleness1340

languishingc1384

lamea1400

unferea1400

unferenessa1400

unwielda1400

impotence1406

imbecility?a1425

languisha1425

languoringa1438

unwieldness1437

faintnessa1440

impotency1440

infirmityc1440

debility1484

unlustiness1486

resolution1547

unwieldiness1575

languishment1576

infirmness1596

weakness1603

prostrationa1626

exolution1634

languidness1634

prosternation1650

faintingnessa1661

debilitude1669

flaccidity1676

atony1693

puniness1727

faintishness1733

adynamia1743

asthenia1802

adynamy1817

weakliness1826

tonelessness1873

atonicity1900

1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 151 This age of vnweldinesse begins at fiftie yeres.

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xix. iv. 757 Strength, beauty, health, vigour and actiuity, are all subuerted by..sicknesse, faintnesse, and vnweeldinesse.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 306 The South Wind..brings Listlessness and an Unweildiness over the whole Body.

1737 J. Swift Let. to J. Temple Feb. She is quite sunk with years and unwieldiness, as well as a very scanty support.

in extended use.1651 H. More Enthusiasmus Triumphatus (1662) 4 The enormous strength of Imagination (which is yet the Soul's weaknesse or unwieldinesse).

3. Awkwardness or clumsiness in respect of bulk, build, or movement; esp. awkward corpulence; clumsy size or vastness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > largeness of volume or bulkiness > and clumsiness

unwieldiness1577

lumpishness1847

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 163^v Columella would haue you keepe for euery Gander, three Geese, thinking by reason of theyr vnweldynesse, this number to suffise.

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus iii. 1 Who is he that carrieth flesh about with him, that findeth not the heauinesse and vnweldines of it vnto any thing that is good?

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing ix. 85 The supposed unwieldiness of its massy bulk.

1709 Tatler No. 116. ⁋5 The Weight and Unweildiness of the Garment.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 464. ⁋5 Poverty..preserving them from Gouts, Dropsies, Unwieldiness, and Intemperance.

1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxxi. 271 If we should suppose animals vastly large,..a heaviness and unwieldiness would arise which [etc.].

1809 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 21 115 An unwieldiness in motion and hurried respiration when walking.

1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. xv. 219 At last, after days of painful crawling, I dragged my unwieldiness to the tree-foot.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) II. 165/2 In the ordinary descriptions of field-carriages the weight and unwieldiness of the trail alone would be a serious objection to such a method of draught.

figurative.a1631 J. Donne Love's Diet 1 To what a combersome unwieldinesse And burdenous corpulence my love had growne.1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling ii. iii. § 12 Greatness is now grown to such an unweildiness, that it cannot stoop, tho to the most Christian Offices.in extended use.a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 4 What-ever evil..backwardness, inhability, unwieldiness and confusion of thought beget, Wisedom prevents.1774 W. Mitford Ess. Harmony Lang. 132 This line has also been admired for its expressive unwieldiness. Its form is..by no means peculiarly suited to give the idea of unwieldiness.1866 C. Dickens Mugby Junction ii, in All Year Round Extra Christmas No., 10 Dec. 12/1 With that absurd sense of unwieldiness of mind and body weighing him down.1875 A. Helps Social Pressure iii. 48 The largeness, the unwieldiness, and the temporary nature of habitation in these great centres of population.

4. The condition or character of being difficult to guide, direct, or control by reason of extent or size. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > quality of being difficult or intractable > by reason of extent

unwieldiness1578

1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya iii. 15 Considering the swifte course and way of the Shippes, and the vnwildynesse of them to stay and turne as a man would wish.

1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. V 1 Since that is great properly which is great in the actions, which one as often impeacheth by vnwildinesse in the bigge, as by weakenesse in the little.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 696 The disordered vnwealdinesse of their owne armie.

1764 R. Burn Hist. Poor Laws 226 The objections against county workhouses..seem to require peculiar attention. There is something of unwieldiness in the prospect.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. ix. i. 377 Noted for the unwieldiness of their ambition.

1876 Bulwer-Lytton's Pausanias (ed. 2) i. v. 94 Armies too large rot by their own unwieldiness into decay.

1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner ii The unwieldiness of the empire.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unwieldiness
释义	unwieldinessn. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈwiːldɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌənˈwildinᵻs/ Etymology: < unwieldy adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈwieldiness. 1. The quality of being incontrollable or unrestrainable; indocility. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [noun] > quality of being uncontrollable unwieldiness1571 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (iii. 5) Such as either blame fortune, or..with vnruly rage power out the vnweeldinesse of their sorow. a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 173 The more unwieldiness there is in our Spirits, the more carnal our affections are in worship, the more evidence there is of the strength of that revolted state. †2. The state or condition of being weak or feeble; weakness, infirmity. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > weakness faintise1297 weaknessa1300 faintc1320 feebleness1340 languishingc1384 lamea1400 unferea1400 unferenessa1400 unwielda1400 impotence1406 imbecility?a1425 languisha1425 languoringa1438 unwieldness1437 faintnessa1440 impotency1440 infirmityc1440 debility1484 unlustiness1486 resolution1547 unwieldiness1575 languishment1576 infirmness1596 weakness1603 prostrationa1626 exolution1634 languidness1634 prosternation1650 faintingnessa1661 debilitude1669 flaccidity1676 atony1693 puniness1727 faintishness1733 adynamia1743 asthenia1802 adynamy1817 weakliness1826 tonelessness1873 atonicity1900 1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 151 This age of vnweldinesse begins at fiftie yeres. 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xix. iv. 757 Strength, beauty, health, vigour and actiuity, are all subuerted by..sicknesse, faintnesse, and vnweeldinesse. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 306 The South Wind..brings Listlessness and an Unweildiness over the whole Body. 1737 J. Swift Let. to J. Temple Feb. She is quite sunk with years and unwieldiness, as well as a very scanty support. in extended use.1651 H. More Enthusiasmus Triumphatus (1662) 4 The enormous strength of Imagination (which is yet the Soul's weaknesse or unwieldinesse). 3. Awkwardness or clumsiness in respect of bulk, build, or movement; esp. awkward corpulence; clumsy size or vastness. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > largeness of volume or bulkiness > and clumsiness unwieldiness1577 lumpishness1847 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 163^v Columella would haue you keepe for euery Gander, three Geese, thinking by reason of theyr vnweldynesse, this number to suffise. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus iii. 1 Who is he that carrieth flesh about with him, that findeth not the heauinesse and vnweldines of it vnto any thing that is good? 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing ix. 85 The supposed unwieldiness of its massy bulk. 1709 Tatler No. 116. ⁋5 The Weight and Unweildiness of the Garment. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 464. ⁋5 Poverty..preserving them from Gouts, Dropsies, Unwieldiness, and Intemperance. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxxi. 271 If we should suppose animals vastly large,..a heaviness and unwieldiness would arise which [etc.]. 1809 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 21 115 An unwieldiness in motion and hurried respiration when walking. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. xv. 219 At last, after days of painful crawling, I dragged my unwieldiness to the tree-foot. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) II. 165/2 In the ordinary descriptions of field-carriages the weight and unwieldiness of the trail alone would be a serious objection to such a method of draught. figurative.a1631 J. Donne Love's Diet 1 To what a combersome unwieldinesse And burdenous corpulence my love had growne.1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling ii. iii. § 12 Greatness is now grown to such an unweildiness, that it cannot stoop, tho to the most Christian Offices.in extended use.a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 4 What-ever evil..backwardness, inhability, unwieldiness and confusion of thought beget, Wisedom prevents.1774 W. Mitford Ess. Harmony Lang. 132 This line has also been admired for its expressive unwieldiness. Its form is..by no means peculiarly suited to give the idea of unwieldiness.1866 C. Dickens Mugby Junction ii, in All Year Round Extra Christmas No., 10 Dec. 12/1 With that absurd sense of unwieldiness of mind and body weighing him down.1875 A. Helps Social Pressure iii. 48 The largeness, the unwieldiness, and the temporary nature of habitation in these great centres of population. 4. The condition or character of being difficult to guide, direct, or control by reason of extent or size. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > quality of being difficult or intractable > by reason of extent unwieldiness1578 1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya iii. 15 Considering the swifte course and way of the Shippes, and the vnwildynesse of them to stay and turne as a man would wish. 1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. V 1 Since that is great properly which is great in the actions, which one as often impeacheth by vnwildinesse in the bigge, as by weakenesse in the little. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 696 The disordered vnwealdinesse of their owne armie. 1764 R. Burn Hist. Poor Laws 226 The objections against county workhouses..seem to require peculiar attention. There is something of unwieldiness in the prospect. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. ix. i. 377 Noted for the unwieldiness of their ambition. 1876 Bulwer-Lytton's Pausanias (ed. 2) i. v. 94 Armies too large rot by their own unwieldiness into decay. 1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner ii The unwieldiness of the empire. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1571
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