archnessとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

archness (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 archnesses)

1. The state of being arch.
   • 1811, Jane Austen, chapter 18, in Sense and Sensibility:

     Marianne was surprised and confused, yet she could not help smiling at the quiet archness of his manner

   • 1848 November – 1850 December​, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 29, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I または II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], OCLC 2057953:

     Meanwhile the farce was going on very successfully, and Mrs. Leary, in a hussar jacket and braided pantaloons, was enchanting the audience with her archness, her lovely figure, and her delightful ballads.

   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 3, in The Line of Beauty, New York: Bloomsbury, OCLC 1036692193:

     There was something artless in Toby's delivery; he was working in the family tradition of teasing, but he was too relenting and couldn't yet match Gerald's heavy archness.