hevynesse
Middle English
/ˈhɛːviːnɛs/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hefiġnes (heaviness) affix from Middle English hevy.
Origin
Middle English
hevy