dinginess

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɪndʒɪnəs/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state or quality of being dingy. uncountable,usually
    — His nether garments were of a blueish gray—violent in its colours once, but sobered now by age and dinginess—and were so stretched and strained in a tough conflict between his braces and his straps, that they appeared every moment in danger of flying asunder at the knees.

词形变化

dinginesses plural

词源

Etymology tree
English dingy
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 dinginess
From dingy + -ness.
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