vividnessn.

Brit.

/ˈvɪvᵻdnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈvɪvᵻdnᵻs/

Etymology: < vivid adj. + -ness suffix.

The state or quality of being vivid, in senses of the adjective.

a. Of colour, light, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [noun] > brilliance

alightingeOE

cleretea1340

blasenessa1398

clarityc1400

splendourc1450

resplendishure?1473

resplendour?1473

resplendence?a1475

resplendishing1479

flamingc1540

blazing1563

blaze1586

fulgence1592

fulgoura1600

resplendency1599

splendence1604

nitor1607

refulgence1624

refulgency?1624

fulgurea1634

fulgency1643

fulgidity1656

lucency1656

transplendency1664

vividness1668

brillant1676

shiningness1703

fulgurity1721

vivacity1735

brilliancy1747

brilliance1755

flame1800

éclata1806

vividity1813

prefulgence1892

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [noun] > vividness or brightness

brightnessa1475

livelihood1566

floridness1661

vividness1668

liveliness1713

vivacity1735

splendour1774

flame1800

vividity1813

luridness1864

1668 R. Boyle in Philos. Trans. 1667 (Royal Soc.) 2 593 To examine..the Conjecture,..That the durableness of the Light..might proceed in great part from the Vividness of it.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1664 (1955) III. 373 With such lively colours, as for splendor & vividnesse we have nothing in Europe approches.

1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. xliv. 216 In the vividness of it's lustre..it exceeded any thing he had ever seen before.

1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xviii. 256 Numerous palms, are reflected by the surface of the river with a vividness almost as bright as that of the objects themselves.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. ii. 35 The delicate colouring of her face seemed to gather a calm vividness, like flowers at evening.

1883 M. B. Betham-Edwards Disarmed xxxiv For a few minutes the flashes of lightning were awful in their vividness.

b. Of ideas, conceptions, impressions, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > [noun] > quality of making impression > vivid

vividness1768

vividity1772

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > [noun] > bright > quality

vivacitya1704

vividness1768

vividity1772

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. xiii. 189 A variety of ideas afford us no notion of succession unless we perceive one come before the other; nor can it be imagined that their degrees of vividness or faintness will do the job.

1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 17 The notions of fairies and of genii, which have been depicted with so much vividness of fancy and liveliness of description.

1858 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity 207 The very vividness of the conception may have rendered him insensible to the precariousness of the proof.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xi. 356 Death at sea touched the Greek imagination with peculiar vividness.

c. Of description, narrative, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [noun] > graphic or vivid > graphicness

vividness1828

pictorialness1857

graphicness1861

1828 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. xi. 257 She has a mastery of the subject, and a truth and vividness of expression, second only to Cowper.

1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 70 His graphic narrative has all the vividness that art can give to description of what the describer has not actually witnessed.

1884 R. W. Church Bacon ix. 220 In the essay on Friendship he describes the process with a vividness which tells of his own experience.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vividness
释义	vividnessn. Brit. /ˈvɪvᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈvɪvᵻdnᵻs/ Etymology: < vivid adj. + -ness suffix. The state or quality of being vivid, in senses of the adjective. a. Of colour, light, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [noun] > brilliance alightingeOE cleretea1340 blasenessa1398 clarityc1400 splendourc1450 resplendishure?1473 resplendour?1473 resplendence?a1475 resplendishing1479 flamingc1540 blazing1563 blaze1586 fulgence1592 fulgoura1600 resplendency1599 splendence1604 nitor1607 refulgence1624 refulgency?1624 fulgurea1634 fulgency1643 fulgidity1656 lucency1656 transplendency1664 vividness1668 brillant1676 shiningness1703 fulgurity1721 vivacity1735 brilliancy1747 brilliance1755 flame1800 éclata1806 vividity1813 prefulgence1892 the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [noun] > vividness or brightness brightnessa1475 livelihood1566 floridness1661 vividness1668 liveliness1713 vivacity1735 splendour1774 flame1800 vividity1813 luridness1864 1668 R. Boyle in Philos. Trans. 1667 (Royal Soc.) 2 593 To examine..the Conjecture,..That the durableness of the Light..might proceed in great part from the Vividness of it. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1664 (1955) III. 373 With such lively colours, as for splendor & vividnesse we have nothing in Europe approches. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. xliv. 216 In the vividness of it's lustre..it exceeded any thing he had ever seen before. 1832 W. Macgillivray Trav. & Researches A. von Humboldt xviii. 256 Numerous palms, are reflected by the surface of the river with a vividness almost as bright as that of the objects themselves. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. ii. 35 The delicate colouring of her face seemed to gather a calm vividness, like flowers at evening. 1883 M. B. Betham-Edwards Disarmed xxxiv For a few minutes the flashes of lightning were awful in their vividness. b. Of ideas, conceptions, impressions, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > [noun] > quality of making impression > vivid vividness1768 vividity1772 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > [noun] > bright > quality vivacitya1704 vividness1768 vividity1772 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. xiii. 189 A variety of ideas afford us no notion of succession unless we perceive one come before the other; nor can it be imagined that their degrees of vividness or faintness will do the job. 1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 17 The notions of fairies and of genii, which have been depicted with so much vividness of fancy and liveliness of description. 1858 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity 207 The very vividness of the conception may have rendered him insensible to the precariousness of the proof. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xi. 356 Death at sea touched the Greek imagination with peculiar vividness. c. Of description, narrative, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > description or act of describing > [noun] > graphic or vivid > graphicness vividness1828 pictorialness1857 graphicness1861 1828 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. xi. 257 She has a mastery of the subject, and a truth and vividness of expression, second only to Cowper. 1845 M. Pattison in Christian Remembrancer Jan. 70 His graphic narrative has all the vividness that art can give to description of what the describer has not actually witnessed. 1884 R. W. Church Bacon ix. 220 In the essay on Friendship he describes the process with a vividness which tells of his own experience. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1668
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