单词 | wealthiness |
释义 | wealthinessn. Now rare. Wealthy quality or condition; wealth. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.a1513 |
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