strictness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English strict 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 strictness From strict + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or quality of being strict.
I lost all restraint, and yielding to the force of the emotion, gave down, as mere woman, those effusions of pleasure, which, in the strictness of still faithful love, I could have wished to have held up.
1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:Discipline calls for a certain strictness.
- (countable) The result or product of being strict.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| strictnesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
pl rygor (Translations) · es estrictez (Translations) · pl surowość (Translations)