weightinessn.

Brit.

/ˈweɪtɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈweɪdinᵻs/

Etymology: < weighty adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality or condition of being weighty:

a. figurative, the fact of being of much weight, importance, or consequence; grave or serious character.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun]

mund?c1250

steemc1330

greatnessc1410

substancec1425

importance1485

weight1521

moment1522

weightiness1530

importancy1531

importunance1546

import1548

reckoning1582

sequel1588

ponderosity1589

valure1594

consequence1597

significance1597

circumstance1599

consequent1599

eminency1622

importmenta1625

concernment1626

consideration1634

telling1636

signification1645

considerableness1647

concerningness1657

nearness1679

significancy1679

respectability1769

interest1809

noteworthiness1852

portee1893

valency1897

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 287/2 Weightynesse, aggrauation.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. clij^v The weightines of the cause also requireth, y^t many of vs should come to the counsell.

1596 T. Lodge Margarite of Amer. sig. E If thou faint through feeblenesse of bodie, I will default through waightinesse of discontent.

1618 P. Holderus tr. J. van Oldenbarneveld Barneuel's Apol. sig. C3 I had..complained..of the weightinesse of the Office imposed vpon me.

a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) xiv. 414 The weightiness or penetrating force of those Arguments.

a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 15 The Weightiness that was upon their Spirits and Countenances.

1744 M. Bishop Life Matthew Bishop 14 Observing the Weightiness of the Concern, this was my Method of proceeding.

1905 ‘J. Oxenham’ White Fire xvi. 161 ‘The matter is worth consideration,’ he said, with an assumption of weightiness.

b. of material things.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [noun] > property of being heavy

peisea1382

heavinessa1400

ponderosity?a1425

pesanteur1480

ponderousnessc1484

poise1489

pondera1500

weightiness1539

heft1558

gravity1648

ponderity1656

pondure1661

luggage1667

ponderancy1667

1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) iii. vii There is felt in the entrayles..a weyghtynesse with tension or thrustyng outwarde.

1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints 571 The Caue..with her owne weightinesse Vpon them fell.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxxi. 181 The peculiar Weightiness and yellow Colour of Gold.

1832 L. Hunt Sir Ralph Esher I. iii. 63 It was relieved from an appearance of too much weight by the very weightiness of the hanging sleeves.

1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 25 A deathless spirit's state, Freed from gross form and bodily weightiness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	weightiness
释义	weightinessn. Brit. /ˈweɪtɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈweɪdinᵻs/ Etymology: < weighty adj. + -ness suffix. The quality or condition of being weighty: a. figurative, the fact of being of much weight, importance, or consequence; grave or serious character. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] mund?c1250 steemc1330 greatnessc1410 substancec1425 importance1485 weight1521 moment1522 weightiness1530 importancy1531 importunance1546 import1548 reckoning1582 sequel1588 ponderosity1589 valure1594 consequence1597 significance1597 circumstance1599 consequent1599 eminency1622 importmenta1625 concernment1626 consideration1634 telling1636 signification1645 considerableness1647 concerningness1657 nearness1679 significancy1679 respectability1769 interest1809 noteworthiness1852 portee1893 valency1897 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 287/2 Weightynesse, aggrauation. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. clij^v The weightines of the cause also requireth, y^t many of vs should come to the counsell. 1596 T. Lodge Margarite of Amer. sig. E If thou faint through feeblenesse of bodie, I will default through waightinesse of discontent. 1618 P. Holderus tr. J. van Oldenbarneveld Barneuel's Apol. sig. C3 I had..complained..of the weightinesse of the Office imposed vpon me. a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) xiv. 414 The weightiness or penetrating force of those Arguments. a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 15 The Weightiness that was upon their Spirits and Countenances. 1744 M. Bishop Life Matthew Bishop 14 Observing the Weightiness of the Concern, this was my Method of proceeding. 1905 ‘J. Oxenham’ White Fire xvi. 161 ‘The matter is worth consideration,’ he said, with an assumption of weightiness. b. of material things. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [noun] > property of being heavy peisea1382 heavinessa1400 ponderosity?a1425 pesanteur1480 ponderousnessc1484 poise1489 pondera1500 weightiness1539 heft1558 gravity1648 ponderity1656 pondure1661 luggage1667 ponderancy1667 1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) iii. vii There is felt in the entrayles..a weyghtynesse with tension or thrustyng outwarde. 1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints 571 The Caue..with her owne weightinesse Vpon them fell. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxxi. 181 The peculiar Weightiness and yellow Colour of Gold. 1832 L. Hunt Sir Ralph Esher I. iii. 63 It was relieved from an appearance of too much weight by the very weightiness of the hanging sleeves. 1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 25 A deathless spirit's state, Freed from gross form and bodily weightiness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1530
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