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galliardness

galliardness noun: gaiety.

Noun

galliardness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) gaiety
    • his sprightfull pleafance and galliardnesse1654, Edmund Gayton, Pleasant Notes upon Don Quixote

Origin of galliardness

From galliard + -ness.

Questions about galliardness

What does galliardness mean?
Galliardness means gaiety.
What part of speech is galliardness?
Galliardness is a noun.

Words near galliardness in the dictionary

  1. Galliano
  2. Gallianos
  3. galliard
  4. galliardise
  5. galliardly
  6. galliardness
  7. galliards
  8. galliass
  9. galliasses
  10. gallibodies
  11. gallibody

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