| 单词 |
publicness |
| 释义 |
publicness Now rare.|ˈpʌblɪknɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or character of being public, in various senses; publicity, notoriety, openness; the fact of pertaining to or affecting the community as a whole; † devotedness to the public interest; † the condition of being commonly accepted, prevalence.
1605A. Wotton Answ. Pop. Articles 16 The truth of beleefe depends not vpon the publicknes of an exposition, but vpon the soundnesse thereof. 1641W. Hakewill Libertie of Subject 137 The King may not exact money for passage in and out of his Court gates, because of the publikenesse of his Person. 1643W. Greenhill Axe at Root Ep. Ded., Publiquenesse of dangers calls for publiquenesse of spirits. 1662Bargrave Pope Alex. VII (1867) 68 Pope Alexander VII. not enduring the publiqueness of this Cardinal's amours, sent him legate to Romania. 1676G. Towerson Decalogue viii. 441 Differenc'd from each other by the publickness or privateness of the things taken away. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) III. xxix. 173 His objections as to the publicness of the place. 1828Webster s.v., The publicness of a sale. 1844Emerson Lect., Yng. Amer. Wks. (Bohn) II. 305 The timidity of our public opinion is our disease, or, shall I say, the publicness of opinion, the absence of private opinion. 1890Cent. Dict. s.v., The publicness of a resort. |
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