| 单词 | wantingness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈwantingness ˈwantingness n. †(a) the fact of lacking something; deficiency, want (obsolete); (b) the fact of wanting to do something; desire for something. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > [noun] > state of being devoid of something > lacking or being without something missOE tharningc1175 missinga1375 lacking1377 wantingc1390 necessitya1393 destitutiona1440 poverty?1440 misture1563 unprovidedness1606 unprovision1631 wantingness1643 carency1655 nudity1656 destituteness1818 1643 C. Herle Answer to Fernes Reply 14 The maine ends..are..supply of wantingnesse, allay of wilfulnesse. a1866 J. Grote Treat. Moral Ideals (1876) ii. 24 The wantingness which is the call to action. 1891 Wilson's Photogr. Mag. 7 Mar. 141/1 This need not be if there is a willingness and a wanting-ness to learn. 1916 ‘L. Malet’ Damaris ii. vii. 116 It was a policy bold, surely,..thus to weigh her in the balances, find her wanting, and acclaim that same wantingness as safeguard against his own passion? 1967 G. B. Mair Girl from Peking v. 65 The wanting-ness..made her tingle with lust. 1997 Guardian 10 May (The Week section) 2/5 Her whole show is based on this powerful wantingness at the heart of America: people want to talk. < as lemmas |
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