solitariness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsɒlɪt(ə)ɹɪnəs/ (UK)
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Etymology
Etymology tree English solitary 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 solitariness From solitary + -ness.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The state or quality of being solitary.
I saw a Deane of S. Hillarie of Poictiers, reduced by reason and the incommoditie of his melancholy to such a continuall solitarinesse, that when I entered into his chamber he had never removed one step out of it in two and twenty yeares before[…].
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:In both a mazefull ſolitarineſſe: / In night of ſprites the gaſtly powers to ſtur, / In thee or ſprites or ſprited gaſtlineſſe: […]
c. 1580s, Philip Sidney, “Astrophel and Stella”, in [Mary Sidney], editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia […] [The New Arcadia], 3rd edition, London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1598, →OCLC, sonnet 96, page 564:So much as doing good is better than not doing evil, will I account Christian good fellowship better than an eremitish and melancholy solitariness.
1646, Jos[eph] Hall, The Balme of Gilead: Or, Comforts for the Distressed, both Morall and Divine. […], London: […] M[iles] Flesher, for Nat[haniel] Butter, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| solitarinesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
onlyhood · onehead · solitude · seclusion · solitariness · aloneness · isolation · isolation · oneship · loneness · onliness · loneliness · aloneness
Translations (8)
gv lomarcanys (state or quality of being solitary) · ga aonaránacht (state or quality of being solitary) · gv neuheshoilys (state or quality of being solitary) · fr solitarisme (state or quality of being solitary) · sv ensamhet (state or quality of being solitary) · gv fadaneys (state or quality of being solitary) · de Einsamkeit (state or quality of being solitary) · de Einsiedlerdasein (state or quality of being solitary)