shiningness

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noun

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.”

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Meanings

nounshiningness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe 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

From shining + -ness.

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APA

shiningness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shiningness

MLA

“shiningness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shiningness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shiningness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shiningness.

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