lightfulness

English

Etymology

From lightful (adjective) (any sense) +‎ -ness (suffix forming nouns).

Pronunciation

enPR: lītʹfo͝ol-nĕs
Hyphenation: light‧ful‧ness

Noun

lightfulness (uncountable)

(rare) The quality of being lightful.

Synonyms

brightness, luminousness

References

William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “lightfulness”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes III (Hoop–O), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

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