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shiningness

shiningness noun: the quality of shining; brightness.

Noun

shiningness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of shining; brightness.
    • J. Spence
      The epithets marmoreus, eburneus, and candidus, are all applied to beauty by the Roman poets, sometimes as to their shape, and sometimes as to the shiningness here spoken of.

Origin of shiningness

From shining + -ness.

Questions about shiningness

What does shiningness mean?
Shiningness means the quality of shining; brightness.
What part of speech is shiningness?
Shiningness is a noun.

Words near shiningness in the dictionary

  1. shining up
  2. shining, shimmering, splendid
  3. shininger
  4. shiningest
  5. shiningly
  6. shiningness
  7. shinings
  8. Shiniqua
  9. shinisaur
  10. shinisaurid
  11. shinisaurids

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