sordidness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality or state of being sordid. uncountable
    — [W]e muſt not take this mercifull indulgence given to our defectuoſities, as a diſpenſation for the ſordidnes of our loves, but rather in a holy effect and contention of gratitude, ſtrain to love God the more purely, and irreſpectively to our ſelves, in regard of the tranſcendent benignity of this diſpenſation.
  2. The product or result of being sordid. countable
    — His was a nature—weak I own—that felt a sordidness in narrow means and their attendants; the ugliness of poverty pained his spirit.

词形变化

sordidnesses plural

词源

Etymology tree
Latin sordidusder.
Middle English sordid
French sordideder.
English sordid
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 sordidness
From sordid + -ness.
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