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ˈbeautifulness [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being beautiful, beauty, loveliness; concr. in pl. things in which this quality is embodied.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 63 Beautefulnesse of nature. 1625tr. Camden's Hist. Eliz. i. (1635) 67 Queene Elizabeth..at Oxford..being much delighted with the..beautifulnesse of the Colledges. 1849Robertson Serm. Ser. i. xiii. 192 The beautifulness of obedience is perceived. 1870Hawthorne Eng. Note-bks. (1879) II. 15 The house..is filled with..ingenious..beautifulnesses. |