awkwardness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness. uncountable,usually
    — […] instead of the joyous voices of his playfellows he hears the rough commands of an unindulgent master or a scolding mistress; — he is continually reproached for his awkwardness and timidity, and reminded of his pauper origin.
  2. The quality of an embarrassing situation. uncountable,usually

词形变化

awkwardnesses plural aukwardness alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
clunkiness clumsiness discomfiture ineptness ineptitude inelegance
衍生词
awkwardnessful
相关词
awkwardly

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂époh₃kʷos
Proto-Germanic *abuhaz
Old Norse ǫfugrder.
Middle English awke
English awk
Proto-Indo-European *wert-der.
Proto-Germanic *wardaz
Old English -weard
English -ward
English awkward
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English awkwardness
From awkward + -ness.
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