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Webster 1913 Edition
Lightness
Light′ness
,Noun.
[From
Light
not heavy.] The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace.
Syn. – Levity; volatility; instability; inconstancy; unsteadiness; giddiness; flightiness; airiness; gayety; liveliness; agility; nimbleness; sprightliness; briskness; swiftness; ease; facility.
1.
Illumination, or degree of illumination;
as, the
. lightness
of a roomChaucer.
2.
Absence of depth or of duskiness in color;
as, the
lightness
of a tint; lightness
of complexion.Webster 1828 Edition
Lightness
LIGHTNESS
,Noun.
1.
Want of weight; levity; the contrary to heaviness; as the lightness of air, compared with water.2.
Inconstancy; unsteadiness; the quality of mind which disposes it to be influenced by trifling considerations.- Such is the lightness of you common men.
3.
Levity; wantonness; lewdness; unchastity.4.
Agility; nimbleness.Definition 2024
lightness
lightness
English
Noun
lightness (countable and uncountable, plural lightnesses)
- (uncountable) the condition of being illuminated
- (uncountable) the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour
- (countable) The product of being illuminated.
Translations
the condition of being illuminated
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the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour
the product of being illuminated
Etymology 2
light (“having little weight”) + -ness
Noun
lightness (uncountable)
- The state of having little weight, or little force.
- Agility of movement.
- Freedom from worry.
- 1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, “The Tutor's Daughter”, in Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, page 266:
- In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.
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- Levity, frivolity; inconsistency.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York 2001, p.75:
- Seneca […] accounts it a filthy lightness in men, every day to lay new foundations of their life, but who doth otherwise?
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York 2001, p.75:
Translations
the state of having little weight