dilatoriness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state or quality of being dilatory. uncountable,usually
    — Nor when he got home was he much more inclined to any resolute line of action […] for he got no pen and paper, and he dawdled over his teacup with the utmost dilatoriness, putting off, as it were, the evil day.

词形变化

dilatorinesses plural

词源

Etymology tree
English dilatory
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 dilatoriness
From dilatory + -ness.
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