preciousness

English

Etymology

From Middle English preciousnesse; equivalent to precious +‎ -ness.

Noun

preciousness (usually uncountable, plural preciousnesses)

1. The state or condition of being precious.
   • 1977, Ashford & Simpson, “By Way of Love's Express”, in Send It:

     By way of love's express / Sending this message out to you / With time and preciousness / Hopin', prayin', oh, it's got to get through

   • 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

• Afrikaans: kosbaarheid
• Dutch: kostbaarheid (nl) f
• French: préciosité (fr) f, mignardise (fr) f
• German: Kostbarkeit (de) f
• Irish: luachmhaireacht f
• Italian: preziosità (it) f
• Macedonian: скапоценост f (skapocenost)
• Old Saxon: diuritha f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: драго̀цјено̄ст f, драго̀цено̄ст f

  Latin: dragòcjenōst (sh) f, dragòcenōst (sh) f

• Spanish: preciosidad (es) f, preciosura (es) f

Anagrams

• supercession