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单词 wealthiness
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wealthinessn.

Brit. /ˈwɛlθɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈwɛlθinᵻs/
Etymology: < wealthy adj. + -ness suffix.
Now rare.
Wealthy quality or condition; wealth.
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the mind > possession > wealth > [noun]
plentyc1300
richness?a1400
wealthfulnessc1450
wealthinessa1513
substantiousness1596
plenitya1622
plenitude1631
rowthinessa1838
flushness1868
divitism1890
oofiness1935
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lvi. f. xix This in tracte of tyme made hym welthy. And by meane of this welthines ensued Pryde.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xxi. 13 They spend their dayes in welthynesse: but sodenly they go downe to hell.
1536 Prymer Eng. & Lat. (STC 15993) f. 144v Verely I sayde in my welthynes I shall neuermore be mouyd.
1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Divv You shall wante no kinde of welthines.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 7 (margin) The Welthines of fische in Scotland.
1747 W. Shenstone Let. to Graves 21 Sept. I almost hate the idea of wealthiness as much as the word.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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