Shiningness
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality of shining; brightness. uncountable
"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."
Example
More 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."
Etymology
From shining + -ness.
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