Shiningness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

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"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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