emphaticalnessn.
/ɪmˈfatᵻklnəs/, /ɛmˈfatᵻklnəs/, U.S. /ᵻmˈfædəkəlnəs/, /ɛmˈfædəkəlnəs/ The quality of being emphatic; esp. force or intensity of expression; = emphasis n. 3a.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [noun]
eloquence1382
elocution1509
gravity?1520
pith?1531
vigour1532
emphasy1548
energy?1549
emphasisa1555
pithiness1557
abruptness1591
emphaticalness1647
nervousness1727
cogency1750
forcibility1771
cogence1782
verve1803
forcefulness1825
force1842
snap1870
full-bloodedness1894
punch1901
compulsiveness1918
punchiness1938
1647 J. Goodwin Army Harmelesse 8 Never did a red and lowring morning with more emphaticalness of presage, portend a tempestuous day.
a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) vii. 179 Now this could not be expressed in more emphaticalness of words.
1725 J. Collier Several Disc. 246 But then 'tis imply'd in the Emphaticalness of the Expression.
1868 Nation 24 Sept. 254/1 He is entirely equal to his subject; his earnestness, or rather his emphaticalness, seems justifiable.
1916 Texas Railway Jrnl. Jan. 13/2 I wish with equal clearness, accuracy and emphaticalness to state that [etc.].
2007 J. Frost Halfway to Grave 202 The look he gave me told me he didn't appreciate the emphaticalness of my response.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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