dullness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality of being slow of understanding things. uncountable,usually
  2. The quality of being uninteresting; boring; humorless or irksome. uncountable,usually
    — If to raise malicious smiles at the infirmities or misfortunes of those who have never injured us be the province of wit or Humour, Heaven grant me a double Portion of Dullness—
  3. Lack of interest or excitement. uncountable,usually
  4. The lack of visual brilliance; want of sheen. uncountable,usually
    — dullness of autumn
  5. bluntness. uncountable,usually
  6. The quality of not perceiving or kenning things distinctly. uncountable,usually
    — dullness of sight, or of hearing
  7. Drowsiness. archaic,uncountable,usually
    — Prospero: […]Thou art inclin'd to sleep. 'Tis a good dulness, / And give it way— I know thou canst not choose.

词形变化

dullnesses plural dulness alternative

词源

Etymology tree
English dull
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 dullness
From dull + -ness.
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