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Lightness
Definitions
- 1 the condition of being illuminated uncountable
"Well, darkness has a hunger that's insatiable and lightness has a call that's hard to hear."
- 2 The state of having little (or less) weight, or little force. uncountable
"The unique chassis design is largely the secret of the lightness of the locomotive."
- 3 the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous wordnet
- 4 the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour uncountable
- 5 Agility of movement. uncountable
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- 6 the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures wordnet
- 7 The product of being illuminated. countable
- 8 Freedom from worry. uncountable
"In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road."
- 9 having a light color wordnet
- 10 Levity, frivolity; inconsistency. uncountable
"Seneca […] accounts it a filthy lightness in men, every day to lay new foundations of their life, but who doth otherwise?"
- 11 the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble wordnet
- 12 the property of being comparatively small in weight wordnet
- 13 a feeling of joy and pride wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English lightnes, lightnesse, from Old English līhtnes, lȳhtnys (“enlightening, illumination”), from Proto-West Germanic *liuhtinassī; equivalent to light (“to make bright, illuminate”, verb) + -ness (suffix forming nouns). Cognate with Old High German liuhtnissi (“illumination, enlightening”).
From Middle English lightnes, lightnesse, from Old English *lēohtnes (“lightness”) (compare Old English lēohtmōdnes (“lightness”, literally “light-moodedness”), līhtingnes (“lightness, alleviation”)); equivalent to light (“not heavy”, adjective) + -ness (suffix forming nouns). Cognate with Middle Low German luchtnisse, lüchtnisse (“lightness, frivolity, joyfulness”).
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