lightness
Plural: lightnesses
Noun
- a feeling of joy and pride
- the property of being comparatively small in weight
- "the lightness of balsa wood"
- the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble
- having a light color
- the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures
- the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous
- the condition of being illuminated
- the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour
- The product of being illuminated.
- The state of having little (or less) weight, or little force.
- Agility of movement.
- Freedom from worry.
- Levity, frivolity; inconsistency.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English lightnes, lightnesse, from Old English līhtnes, lȳhtnys (“enlightening, illumination”), from Proto-West Germanic *liuhtinassī; equivalent to light (“to make bright, illuminate”, verb) + -ness (suffix forming nouns). Cognate with Old High German liuhtnissi (“illumination, enlightening”).
Synonyms
agility, elation, high spirits, legerity, light, lightsomeness, nimbleness, weightlessness
Scrabble Score: 13
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