Killingness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being devastatingly attractive. dated, uncountable

    "[…] especially when these showy garments were set off with a large bunch of flowers in the hand, or on the breast, which most of the young fellows displayed with conscious killingness."

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"[…] especially when these showy garments were set off with a large bunch of flowers in the hand, or on the breast, which most of the young fellows displayed with conscious killingness."

Etymology

From killing + -ness.

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