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solitariness|ˈsɒlɪtərɪnɪs|
Forms: 6 solytarynes(se, solitarynesse, 6–7 -nes, solitarinesse, 6– solitariness (7 -nes).
[f. as prec.]
1. The state of being solitary or alone; the fact of being or dwelling apart from others.
Very common c 1575–1700, and in the 19th cent.
a1533Ld. Berners Golden Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) Dd iv b, Yf thou bee a wydowe of solytarynesse. 1559W. Bercher Nobylytye Wymen (Roxb.) 129 He refusethe cumpanye, and desyrethe solytarynes. 1617Moryson Itin. iii. 228 Christian the Elector..was reputed..to affect solitarinesse, and little to be seene of the people. 1663Patrick Parab. Pilgr. xxix. (1665) 344 There is very great use of Solitariness, especially in the beginnings of a New Life. 1726S. Willard Body of Divinity 892/2 Man is made for society; solitariness, or living alone, being a trespass against humane nature. 1801M. Edgeworth Angelina i, With what soul-rending eloquence does my Angelina describe the..solitariness she experiences in the crowded metropolis! 1894Baring-Gould Kitty Alone II. 106 Kate had felt acutely this solitariness in which she lived.
personif.1601Sir W. Cornwallis Ess. i. ix, Solitarinesse the mother of Contemplation.
2. The state or character of being unfrequented, retired, or secluded; absence of life or stir.
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 159 b, But when..the Cardinals, whiche he had sent thither, aduertised him that there was great solitarinesse,..he deferreth the day of the Counsell till Easter folowyng. 1579W. Fulke Heskins' Parl. 252 Taking the solitarinesse of the night,..shee fell downe..before the altare. 1609W. M. Man in Moone (1849) 3 By the solitarinesse of the house I judged it a lodge in a forrest. 1694Falle Jersey i. 26 The solitariness of the Place, and the want of Necessaries,..causing many of them to desert. 1748Smollett Rod. Rand. xli, The solitariness of the field through which they passed. 1840R. H. Dana Bef. Mast xviii. 52 A silence and solitariness which affected everything. Not a human being but ourselves for miles. 1886W. J. Tucker E. Europe 234 The solitariness of the almost deserted avenue, solitariness only occasionally broken in upon by a hired carriage.
personif.1596Edw. III, iii. iii. 23 Leauing at our heeles A..beaten path For sollitarines to progresse in. 1605A. Warren Poor Man's Passions liii, What Solitarines hath there assign'de For such, as her Inhabitants shall be. |
