thinness en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English thynnesse, from Old English þynnes (“thinness, slightness of density, lack of density, tenuity, fluidity, poverty, feebleness of sight, weakness”), equivalent to thin + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The state or quality of being thin.
Beyond celebrating the aesthetic value of thinness, pro-anas claim that thinness is a reflection of excellence in other areas of one's life.
2004 October 27, Eda R. Uca, Ana's Girls: The Essential Guide to the Underground Eating Disorder Community Online, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 69:The beautiful prismatic colours seen on the Labrodore stone are owing to a similar cause, viz. the thinness of the laminæ of which it consists […].
1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 120:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| thinnesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (26)
es delgadez (the state of being thin) · hi पतलापन (the state of being thin) · eo subtilaĵo (the state of being thin) · pt magreza (the state of being thin) · pt delgadeza (the state of being thin) · fr finesse (the state of being thin) · ota ضعیفلق (the state of being thin) · ga caoile (the state of being thin) · grc λεπτότης (the state of being thin) · de Dünnheit (the state of being thin) · es flaqueza (the state of being thin) · hi दुबलापन (the state of being thin) · tsg nipis (the state of being thin) · la macritūdō (the state of being thin) · zlw-ocs chvorost (the state of being thin) · la gracilitās (the state of being thin) · ar رِقَّة (the state of being thin) · es flacura (the state of being thin) · pl chudość (the state of being thin) · grc ἰσχνότης (the state of being thin) · ru то́нкость (the state of being thin) · pt fineza (the state of being thin) · eo subtileco (the state of being thin) · fi laihuus (the state of being thin) · fi ohuus (the state of being thin) · nl dunheid (the state of being thin)