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loneness
English
Etymology
From lone +? -ness.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?l??nn?s/
Noun
loneness (uncountable)
- (now rare) The state of being alone; loneliness, solitariness.
- 1635, John Donne, The Indifferent:
- Her who loves lonenesse best, and her who maskes and plaies […]
- 1635, John Donne, The Indifferent:
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solitude
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)
- Aloneness; state of being alone or solitary, by oneself.
- Synonym: aloneness
- Antonym: intimacy
- 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.
- Mark where his carnage and his conquests cease!
- 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.
- 1813, Lord Byron, Bride of Abydos, Canto 2, stanza 20:
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)
- 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)
- 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)
- solitude
Related terms
- só
- solidão
- solitário
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