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conspicuosity

conspicuosity noun: the quality of being conspicuous.

Noun

conspicuosity (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being conspicuous.
    • This Lake is foure ſcore miles in length, and according to its interualling Circuite, ſometimes two, three, foure, or fiue miles in breadth: yet the body thereof, bending directly South-weſt; keepeth a glaſſie courſe, till it ſalute the auſtiere conſpicuoſity of the ſabulous and ſtony Deſarts: […]1632, William Lithgow, The Totall Discourse, of the Rare Aduentures, and Painefull Peregrinations of Long Nineteene Yeares Trauayles, from Scotland, to the Most Famous Kingdomes in Europe, Asia, and...
    • To contradict the mistake would be to rivet curiosity upon the pilgrim, and bid “the blushing primrose top the poppy’s idle part”—to succumb, elevates me to a position of conspicuosity which cannot be hid.1846, “[Pearls from Popish Places. By a Serious Party.] Letter II.—To Mrs. Rustler.”, in Douglas Jerrold, editor, Douglas Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine, volume IV, London: […] [A]t the Punch Office...

Synonyms of conspicuosity

Origin of conspicuosity

From conspicuous + -osity.

Questions about conspicuosity

What does conspicuosity mean?
Conspicuosity means the quality of being conspicuous.
What part of speech is conspicuosity?
Conspicuosity is a noun.

Words near conspicuosity in the dictionary

  1. conspersion
  2. conspersions
  3. conspicious
  4. conspicuities
  5. conspicuity
  6. conspicuosity
  7. conspicuous
  8. conspicuous by one's absence
  9. conspicuous consumer
  10. conspicuous consumers
  11. conspicuous consumption

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