heuynesse
Middle English
Alternative forms
- hevynesse, heuinesse, hevinesse, heuynes, hevynes, heuines, hevines, heuynez, hevynez, heuinez, hevinez, heauynesse, heavynesse, heauinesse, heavinesse, heauynes, heavynes, heauines, heavines, hewynesse, hewinesse, hewynes, hewines, heuenes, heuenis, heunys, heyuenys
Etymology
From Old English hefignes, with influence from heuy.
Noun
heuynesse (uncountable)
- The quality of having great weight; heaviness.
- Fulness or sufficiency in quantity; abundance.
- Great force or intensity.
- Great importance or meaning.
- The quality of being difficult to bear or accomplish; burdensomeness.
- Slowness or sluggishness of movement.
- A lack of vitality due to factors such as fatigue, age, disease or conscience.
- (religion) The vice of sloth or idleness.
- Woe, sorrow, grief; anxiety, unease.
- Vexation, annoyance; hostility.
- (of topic) Gravity, seriousness
- A misfortune or grievance.
- (of scent) Offensiveness, oppressiveness.
- (of sound) Depth, lowness of pitch.
- (meteorology) Inclemency.
Synonyms
- heuy
- (sorrow): heuyte
- heuihed
- heuischipe
Derived terms
- at heuynesse
Descendants
- English: heaviness
References
- “hevines(se (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 7 August 2018.