thoroughbredness

noun

The quality of being thoroughbred.

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Meanings

nounthoroughbredness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being thoroughbred.

    It is a call to put on power, to live constructively, to measure up to our inherent thoroughbredness.

    1926, Richard Lloyd Jones, A Stop at America, page 126
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    In the second place, a standard of quality is necessary, because we all enjoy at times music which lacks thoroughbredness.

    1946, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Program Notes (part 1, page 57)

Origin

From thoroughbred + -ness.

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APA

thoroughbredness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoroughbredness

MLA

“thoroughbredness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoroughbredness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thoroughbredness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thoroughbredness.

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