wastenessn.

/ˈweɪstnɪs/

Etymology: -ness suffix.

1. The state of being waste.

†a. Desolation, destruction, ruin. literal and figurative. (Chiefly biblical.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation

harryingc900

harrowingc1000

wastinga1300

destructionc1330

harryc1330

wastenessa1382

wastitya1382

desolation1382

unroningnessa1400

wrackc1407

exile1436

havoc1480

hership1487

vastation1545

vastitude1545

sackc1550

population1552

waste1560

ravishment1570

riotingc1580

pull-down1588

desolating1591

degast1592

devastation1603

ravage1611

wracking1611

ravagement1766

herriment1787

carnage1848

wastage1909

enhavocking-

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xlvii. 11 Ther shal feerli falle vp on thee wastnesse [L. calamitas].

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Hosea ix. 6 Thei ben gon fro wastnesse [L. a vastitate].

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxiv. B Desolacion shal remayne in the cities, and the gates shalbe smytten with waistnesse.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. xii. f. 74^v We do now se at hande certaine beginninges of a horrible wastenesse in the Chirch.

a1599 E. Spenser Briefe Note Ireland in Wks. (1949) IX. 236 Out of the ashes of disolacon and wastnes of this your wretched Realme of Ireland.

1611 Bible (King James) Zeph. i. 15 A day of wastenesse and desolation.

a1672 P. Sterry Disc. Freedom of Will (1675) 144 A dark, horrid, and bottomless pit, where all wastness, woe, disorder, deformity..dwell together.

1863 J. G. Murphy Comm. Lev. iv. Introd. Trespass is the moral wasteness.

b. The state of lying waste, being wild or uncultivated or barren.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > quality of

wildnessc1374

wildernessc1449

wasteness1608

inculture1653

uncultivation1796

ferality1885

1608 in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 76 The present wastenes of that country proveth both the facility and the necessity of the plantation.

1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 245 Wasteness admits of various degrees. Some land in a state of nature may be worth ten or even fifteen shillings an acre of yearly rent; while other land is not worth so many farthings.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. i. 3 Under her rays, the ground over which we passed assumed a more interesting appearance than during the broad day-light, which discovered the extent of its wasteness.

1863 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Bk. Gen. (i. 14) 57 The wasteness of the land..has begun to be adorned with the living forms of a new vegetation.

2. An uninhabited or unfrequented region or place. Obsolete or dialect.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [noun] > unfrequented place

wastenessa1500

solitude1576

solitary1594

wilderness1842

a1500 Hist. K. Boccus & Sydracke (?1510) sig. U iv He shuld fynde wastenes ful great There nethere were drynke ne mete But wylde beastes many one.

?1571 tr. G. Buchanan Detectioun Marie Quene of Scottes sig. Lj Was not that desolate wastnesse [L. illa deserta vastitas], that vnhauntit place abil of it self to put simple men in feare..?

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C2 She of nought affrayd, Through woods and wastnes wide him daily sought.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iv. iii. 55 The drearie trumpet blew a dreadfull blast,..Through wastnes wide it roard, and hollowes vast.

1647 H. P. Cressy Exomologesis 17 Which is able to convert Paradice it selfe into a savage wastnesse.

1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. Wasteness, a waste place.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	wasteness
释义	wastenessn. /ˈweɪstnɪs/ Etymology: -ness suffix. 1. The state of being waste. †a. Desolation, destruction, ruin. literal and figurative. (Chiefly biblical.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation harryingc900 harrowingc1000 wastinga1300 destructionc1330 harryc1330 wastenessa1382 wastitya1382 desolation1382 unroningnessa1400 wrackc1407 exile1436 havoc1480 hership1487 vastation1545 vastitude1545 sackc1550 population1552 waste1560 ravishment1570 riotingc1580 pull-down1588 desolating1591 degast1592 devastation1603 ravage1611 wracking1611 ravagement1766 herriment1787 carnage1848 wastage1909 enhavocking- a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xlvii. 11 Ther shal feerli falle vp on thee wastnesse [L. calamitas]. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Hosea ix. 6 Thei ben gon fro wastnesse [L. a vastitate]. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxiv. B Desolacion shal remayne in the cities, and the gates shalbe smytten with waistnesse. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. xii. f. 74^v We do now se at hande certaine beginninges of a horrible wastenesse in the Chirch. a1599 E. Spenser Briefe Note Ireland in Wks. (1949) IX. 236 Out of the ashes of disolacon and wastnes of this your wretched Realme of Ireland. 1611 Bible (King James) Zeph. i. 15 A day of wastenesse and desolation. View more context for this quotation a1672 P. Sterry Disc. Freedom of Will (1675) 144 A dark, horrid, and bottomless pit, where all wastness, woe, disorder, deformity..dwell together. 1863 J. G. Murphy Comm. Lev. iv. Introd. Trespass is the moral wasteness. b. The state of lying waste, being wild or uncultivated or barren. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > quality of wildnessc1374 wildernessc1449 wasteness1608 inculture1653 uncultivation1796 ferality1885 1608 in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 76 The present wastenes of that country proveth both the facility and the necessity of the plantation. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 245 Wasteness admits of various degrees. Some land in a state of nature may be worth ten or even fifteen shillings an acre of yearly rent; while other land is not worth so many farthings. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. i. 3 Under her rays, the ground over which we passed assumed a more interesting appearance than during the broad day-light, which discovered the extent of its wasteness. 1863 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Bk. Gen. (i. 14) 57 The wasteness of the land..has begun to be adorned with the living forms of a new vegetation. 2. An uninhabited or unfrequented region or place. Obsolete or dialect. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [noun] > unfrequented place wastenessa1500 solitude1576 solitary1594 wilderness1842 a1500 Hist. K. Boccus & Sydracke (?1510) sig. U iv He shuld fynde wastenes ful great There nethere were drynke ne mete But wylde beastes many one. ?1571 tr. G. Buchanan Detectioun Marie Quene of Scottes sig. Lj Was not that desolate wastnesse [L. illa deserta vastitas], that vnhauntit place abil of it self to put simple men in feare..? 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C2 She of nought affrayd, Through woods and wastnes wide him daily sought. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iv. iii. 55 The drearie trumpet blew a dreadfull blast,..Through wastnes wide it roard, and hollowes vast. 1647 H. P. Cressy Exomologesis 17 Which is able to convert Paradice it selfe into a savage wastnesse. 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. Wasteness, a waste place. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1382
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