different between aloneness vs solitude

English

Etymology

From Middle English alonnesse; equivalent to alone +? -ness.

Noun

aloneness (countable and uncountable, plural alonenesses)

1. The state of being alone; solitude, isolation.

Synonyms

• solitude

Translations

English

Etymology

From Old French solitude; synchronically, sole +? -itude.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?l??tju?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?l??tud/
• Hyphenation: sol?i?tude

Noun

solitude (countable and uncountable, plural solitudes)

1. Aloneness; state of being alone or solitary, by oneself.

   Synonym: aloneness

   Antonym: intimacy

2. A lonely or deserted place.
   • 1813, Lord Byron, Bride of Abydos, Canto 2, stanza 20:

     Mark where his carnage and his conquests cease!
     He makes a solitude, and calls it — peace.

   • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 193]:

     Cranks like Rousseau made solitude glamorous, but sensible people agreed that it was really terrible.

Derived terms

• two solitudes

Related terms

• sole
• solo
• soliloquy
• solitary
• solitudinous
• solitudinously

Translations

See also

• loneliness

Further reading

• solitude on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• outslide, slideout, toluides

French

Etymology

From Latin s?lit?d?, corresponding to s?lus (“alone”) + -t?d?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.li.tyd/

Noun

solitude f (plural solitudes)

1. solitude

Related terms

• solitaire
• seul

Further reading

• “solitude” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Noun

solitude f (nominative singular solitude)

1. solitude

Descendants

• ? English: solitude
• French: solitude

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin s?lit?d?, corresponding to s?lus (“alone”) + -t?d?.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soli?tud??i/

Noun

solitude f (plural solitudes)

1. solitude

Related terms

• só
• solidão
• solitário