hevynesse

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Middle English

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Etymology

From Old English hefiġnes; equivalent to (and influenced by) hevy +‎ -nesse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛːviːnɛs/, /ˈhɛːvinɛs/, /ˈhɛv-/

Noun

hevynesse (uncountable)

  1. The quality of having great weight; heaviness.
  2. Fulness or sufficiency in quantity; abundance.
  3. Great force or intensity.
  4. Great importance or meaning.
  5. The quality of being difficult to bear or accomplish; burdensomeness.
  6. Slowness or sluggishness of movement.
  7. A lack of vitality due to factors such as fatigue, age, disease or conscience.
  8. (religion) The vice of sloth or idleness.
  9. Woe, sorrow, grief; anxiety, unease.
  10. Vexation, annoyance; hostility.
  11. (of topic) Gravity, seriousness
  12. A misfortune or grievance.
  13. (of scent) Offensiveness, oppressiveness.
  14. (of sound) Depth, lowness of pitch.
  15. (meteorology) Inclemency.

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Descendants

  • English: heaviness

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