preciousness
English
Etymology
From Middle English preciousnesse; equivalent to precious + -ness.
Noun
preciousness (usually uncountable, plural preciousnesses)
- The condition of being precious.
- 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Constable (2009), page 197:
- In a fascinating growth, when the preciousness of the new fades with no one noticing, the room had changed, evolving into something else.
Translations
the condition of being precious
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