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shiningness

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The quality of shining; brightness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • J. Spence The epithets marmoreus, eburneus, and candidus, are all applied to beauty by the Roman poets, sometimes as to their shape, and sometimes as to the shiningness here spoken of.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From shining + -ness.