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preciousness

preciousness noun: the state or condition of being precious.

Noun

preciousness (usually uncountable, plural preciousnesses)

  1. (usually) The state or condition of being precious.
    • By way of love's express / Sending this message out to you / With time and preciousness / Hopin', prayin', oh, it's got to get through1977, Ashford & Simpson, “By Way of Love's Express”, in Send It
    • In a fascinating growth, when the preciousness of the new fades with no one noticing, the room had changed, evolving into something else.2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Constable (2009), page 197

preciousness meaning in Tamil

preciousness in Tamil

அருப்புத்துருப்பு, அருமை, அருக்காணி, பொன்

Forms of preciousness

pluralpreciousnesses

Origin of preciousness

From Middle English preciousnesse; equivalent to precious + -ness.

Questions about preciousness

What does preciousness mean?
Preciousness means the state or condition of being precious.
What is preciousness in Tamil?
Preciousness in Tamil is அருப்புத்துருப்பு, அருமை, அருக்காணி. See Preciousness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is preciousness?
Preciousness is a noun.
What is the plural of preciousness?
The plural of preciousness is preciousnesses.

Words near preciousness in the dictionary

  1. precious stone
  2. precious stones
  3. preciouses
  4. preciousest
  5. preciously
  6. preciousness
  7. preciousnesses
  8. precip
  9. precipe
  10. precipes
  11. precipice

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Adapted from Wiktionary: preciousness (page history and authors); preciousness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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