sternness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state or quality of being stern. uncountable
    — There was the sternness of an old-fashioned Tour patron in his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride away from the peloton and seize the opportunity for a lone attack before being absorbed back into the bunch, where he was received with coolness.
  2. The result or product of being stern. countable

词形变化

sternnesses plural

词源

Etymology tree
English stern
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English sternness
From stern + -ness.
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