windinessn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪndɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈwɪndinᵻs/

Etymology: < windy adj.¹ + -ness suffix.

The quality or condition of being windy.

1. Windy condition of the atmosphere; prevalence of windy weather.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > windiness or windy weather

windinessa1687

breeziness1837

a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 51 The windiness of the same Month was at Dublin 20 and at London but 17.

1922 A. Machen Far off Things i. 10 Holborn has a certain vastness and windiness about it as the sky grows from black to grey.

1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. vii. 446 (heading) Windiness and area.

1971 Nature 10 Dec. 345/1 The classic loess deposits in China..can probably only be explained in terms of greater windiness in the China/Gobi Desert area.

†2. Air as an ‘element’: = wind n.¹ 8. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > gas > air > [noun]

windc1250

airc1300

windiness1587

blore?1614

ethereal1661

ambient1677

ether1713

Ewigkeit1877

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xv. 266 Neither is there any moysture, any wyndinesse [Fr. flabile], or any firy matter in them.

a. Flatulence; concrete = wind n.¹ 10. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > flatulence

windc1000

ventosity1398

ventosities1422

ventosenessa1425

windinessc1450

blastinga1475

flatulentness1563

flatuosity1600

flatuousness1600

pursiness1607

flatea1644

sufflature1660

flatulency1661

flatus1669

flatulence1858

gaseosity1968

c1450 Burgh Contn. Lydgate Secrees 1932 Wyn moost Reed..Take out of mesure..reyseth wyndynesse.

1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. xlv^v To discusse and vanqueshe ventositie & wyndenesse.

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke i. i. 2 Sometime it [sc. headache] commeth..through windines engendred in some parte of the head, being weake.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Honey ⁋3 Raw Honey, by Reason of its Acrimony, loosens the Body, and causes Windiness.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 506 A temporary windiness.

b. Quality of causing or tendency to cause ‘wind’: = flatulence n. 2b. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [noun] > flatulent quality

fumosityc1460

windiness1576

ventosity1822

1576 T. Twyne Schoolemaster iii. xii. sig. Nij Beanes are naturally more windy then barly,..for that beanes are of a..more..grosse substance then barly, which is light and houer, and is sooner discharged of the windines.

1664 S. Taylor in J. Evelyn Pomona in Sylva 50 People labour to correct that windiness which they fancy to be in it [sc. cider].

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 594 Ginger renders it [sc. cider] brisk, and corrects its Windiness.

4. Resemblance to, or admixture of, the sound of the wind.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > rushing sound > of wind

hurlinga1398

whoo1842

windiness1879

huffle1889

suffling1904

wind noise1936

1879 Organ Voicing 17 Windiness. If the conveyances and wind chest holes are sound, blame attaches solely to the pipe.

5. figurative. ‘Airiness’, emptiness, want of substance; inflated or verbose style.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > inflated or bombastic style

inflation1603

windinessa1613

ranting1633

tumoura1639

turgency1654

tympany1680

swell1744

turgidity1756

turgidness1757

tumidity1791

ráiméis1828

mouthiness1830

spread-eagleism1858

inflatedness1867

ampullosity1869

telegraphese1870

mouthing1876

Barnumese1889

intumescence1893

a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) Pref. sig. ¶1^v His modest, and humble charity (vertues which rarely cohabite with the swelling windenesse of much knowledge).

1649 E. Reynolds Israels Prayer (new ed.) v. 35 Full of vanity, windinesse, vexation, disappointment.

1866 Sat. Rev. 19 May 584/1 The feebleness and windiness of bad poets.

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

单词	windiness
释义	windinessn. Brit. /ˈwɪndɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈwɪndinᵻs/ Etymology: < windy adj.¹ + -ness suffix. The quality or condition of being windy. 1. Windy condition of the atmosphere; prevalence of windy weather. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > windiness or windy weather windinessa1687 breeziness1837 a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 51 The windiness of the same Month was at Dublin 20 and at London but 17. 1922 A. Machen Far off Things i. 10 Holborn has a certain vastness and windiness about it as the sky grows from black to grey. 1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. vii. 446 (heading) Windiness and area. 1971 Nature 10 Dec. 345/1 The classic loess deposits in China..can probably only be explained in terms of greater windiness in the China/Gobi Desert area. †2. Air as an ‘element’: = wind n.¹ 8. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > [noun] windc1250 airc1300 windiness1587 blore?1614 ethereal1661 ambient1677 ether1713 Ewigkeit1877 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xv. 266 Neither is there any moysture, any wyndinesse [Fr. flabile], or any firy matter in them. 3. a. Flatulence; concrete = wind n.¹ 10. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > flatulence windc1000 ventosity1398 ventosities1422 ventosenessa1425 windinessc1450 blastinga1475 flatulentness1563 flatuosity1600 flatuousness1600 pursiness1607 flatea1644 sufflature1660 flatulency1661 flatus1669 flatulence1858 gaseosity1968 c1450 Burgh Contn. Lydgate Secrees 1932 Wyn moost Reed..Take out of mesure..reyseth wyndynesse. 1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. xlv^v To discusse and vanqueshe ventositie & wyndenesse. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke i. i. 2 Sometime it [sc. headache] commeth..through windines engendred in some parte of the head, being weake. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Honey ⁋3 Raw Honey, by Reason of its Acrimony, loosens the Body, and causes Windiness. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 506 A temporary windiness. b. Quality of causing or tendency to cause ‘wind’: = flatulence n. 2b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [noun] > flatulent quality fumosityc1460 windiness1576 ventosity1822 1576 T. Twyne Schoolemaster iii. xii. sig. Nij Beanes are naturally more windy then barly,..for that beanes are of a..more..grosse substance then barly, which is light and houer, and is sooner discharged of the windines. 1664 S. Taylor in J. Evelyn Pomona in Sylva 50 People labour to correct that windiness which they fancy to be in it [sc. cider]. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 594 Ginger renders it [sc. cider] brisk, and corrects its Windiness. 4. Resemblance to, or admixture of, the sound of the wind. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > continuous or protracted sound > [noun] > rushing sound > of wind hurlinga1398 whoo1842 windiness1879 huffle1889 suffling1904 wind noise1936 1879 Organ Voicing 17 Windiness. If the conveyances and wind chest holes are sound, blame attaches solely to the pipe. 5. figurative. ‘Airiness’, emptiness, want of substance; inflated or verbose style. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > inflated or bombastic style inflation1603 windinessa1613 ranting1633 tumoura1639 turgency1654 tympany1680 swell1744 turgidity1756 turgidness1757 tumidity1791 ráiméis1828 mouthiness1830 spread-eagleism1858 inflatedness1867 ampullosity1869 telegraphese1870 mouthing1876 Barnumese1889 intumescence1893 a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) Pref. sig. ¶1^v His modest, and humble charity (vertues which rarely cohabite with the swelling windenesse of much knowledge). 1649 E. Reynolds Israels Prayer (new ed.) v. 35 Full of vanity, windinesse, vexation, disappointment. 1866 Sat. Rev. 19 May 584/1 The feebleness and windiness of bad poets. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1450
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