genialnessn.
/ˈdʒiːnɪəlnəs/, U.S. /ˈdʒinjəlnəs/, /ˈdʒiniəlnəs/ = geniality n. (in various senses). Now usually: spec. cheerfulness, affability; = geniality n. 2.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun]
blithenessc1000
blithec1400
cheerfulness1435
chertec1449
jocundness1482
hilarity1568
cheerliness1571
good humour1571
exhilaration1626
cheerishness1645
geniality1652
jocundry1655
cheeriness1658
brightness1660
shine1710
flow of spirits1716
sunshine1717
genialness1727
festiveness1777
sunniness1829
riancy1834
gleesomeness1847
Euphrasia1882
hilariousness1885
blithesomeness1886
gayness1896
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun] > agreeable behaviour
pleasancec1350
agreeability?c1400
douceurc1400
plausibility1596
amenity1612
agreeablenessa1631
geniality1652
complacence1767
sweetness and light1867
genialness1888
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Genialness, Festivalness, Merriness at Meat.
1796 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Glocestershire (ed. 2) II. 188 Meadow-banks..steep enough to give beauty to the surface and genialness [1789 geniality] to the soil.
1813 Monthly Mag. Sept. 122/2 The peculiar genialness of the weather and purity of the air..pointing out this situation as so eligible a refuge for the consumptive.
1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men I. i. 109 Humour he had, and a certain genialness of nature.
1903 McClure's Mag. Nov. 94/2 I wasn't in what you might exactly call a mollifying mood nor exuding genialness and enthusiasms.
1958 Evening Standard (Uniontown, Pa.) 30 June 20/2 Thanks to his incomparable manner of genialness, I was given to feel..that we could speak to one another on a friend-to-friend basis.
2008 B. Hooper Fiction of Alice Munro ii. 22 The narrator is aware of duplicity underlying her great aunts' genialness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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