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

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