Vividness

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of being vivid. uncountable, usually

    "I felt light-headed; grotesque hallucinations materialised before me with startling vividness."

  2. 2
    chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue wordnet
  3. 3
    interest and variety and intensity wordnet

Example

More examples

"Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, "Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let me try you.""

Etymology

From vivid + -ness.

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