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claritude

claritude noun: clarity or splendour.

Noun

claritude (usually uncountable, plural claritudes)

  1. (obsolete, usually) Clarity or splendour.
    • O lylly-whyte floure shenyng with claritude1513, Henry Bradshaw, Lyfe of Saynt Radegunde
    • and it is no uncommon thing, for a Glorious Morning Sun, that continues his Brightneſs and Claritude the whole day, to ſet Cloudy in the Evening.1710, John Gadbury, Nauticum Astrologicum: Or, The Astrological Seaman

Forms of claritude

pluralclaritudes

Origin of claritude

From Latin claritudo, from clarus (“clear”).

Questions about claritude

What does claritude mean?
Claritude means clarity or splendour.
What part of speech is claritude?
Claritude is a noun.
What is the plural of claritude?
The plural of claritude is claritudes.

Words near claritude in the dictionary

  1. clarithromycin
  2. clarities
  3. Claritin
  4. claritive
  5. claritromycin
  6. claritude
  7. claritudes
  8. clarity
  9. clark
  10. Clark cell
  11. Clark cells

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