heathenness

Wiktionary 原文

构词拆解

heathen

词干

-ness

后缀

-ness: Appended in general, often informally, stylistically, or jocularly, for reification of an attribute. · Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being (the adjective)", "the quality of being (the adjective)", or "the measure of being (the adjective)".

词源链

原始西日耳曼语Proto-West Germanic
*haiþinnassī‘heathenness’
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古英语Old English约 450–1150 年
hǣþennes‘heathenism, heathenry, heathendom’
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中古英语Middle English约 1150–1500 年
hethenesse
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词源说明

From Middle English hethenesse, from Old English hǣþennes (“heathenism, heathenry, heathendom”), from Proto-West Germanic *haiþinnassī (“heathenness”), equivalent to heathen +‎ -ness.

释义

名词noun

1Quality of being heathen.