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toploftiness

toploftiness noun: the quality of being toplofty.

Noun

toploftiness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being toplofty.
    • He must have got his toploftiness about money at Yale, where, without a bean, pushing a broom, waiting table, tutoring, he had made his name and fame among the best-padded young men in the land.1993, Milton Mayer, Robert Maynard Hutchins: A Memoir, page 358

Origin of toploftiness

From toplofty + -ness.

Questions about toploftiness

What does toploftiness mean?
Toploftiness means the quality of being toplofty.
What part of speech is toploftiness?
Toploftiness is a noun.

Words near toploftiness in the dictionary

  1. toploading
  2. toploftical
  3. toploftier
  4. toploftiest
  5. toploftily
  6. toploftiness
  7. toplofty
  8. topmaker
  9. topmakers
  10. topmaking
  11. topman

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