coldnesseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Inherited from Anglian 古期英語 *caldnes (West Saxon 古期英語 ċealdnes) or formed anew from cold +‎ -nesse.

発音

• IPA: /ˈkɔ̝ːldnɛs(ə)/
• IPA: /ˈkaːldnɛs/ (Northern)

名詞

coldnesse (uncountable)

1. Coldness; a lack of heat.
2. Humoral "coldness" (of a body part, substance, etc.)
3. (rare) Emotional coldness; lack of emotion.
4. (rare) Sexual frigidity; impotence.

派生した語

• English: coldness
• Middle Scots: caldnes, cauldnes
  • Scots: cauldness

参照

• “cōldnesse, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.