| 释义 |
† deˈliverness Obs.
[f. deliver a. + -ness.]
Lightness, activity, nimbleness, agility, quickness.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 5900 Delyvernes and bewte of body. c1386Chaucer Melib. ⁋199 Grete thinges ben not ay accompliced by strengthe, ne by delyvernes of body. 1489Caxton Faytes of A. i. xi. 30 To voyde the strokis by delyuernes of body. 1540Elyot Image Gov. (1556) 69 b, Fewe men surmounted hym in strength and delivernesse. a1607Brightman Revelation (1615) 700 Certainly this..deserueth to be called properly by the Latin name, Expedition, for the deliuernes thereof. |
