glaringnessn.
/ˈɡlɛːrɪŋnɪs/ The quality of being glaring.
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the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [noun] > glare or dazzle
glarec1540
overlight1626
dazzlement1633
dazzle1651
fulgurance1652
glaringness1664
glaring1669
mizmaze1814
bray1929
society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > [noun] > striking
conspicuity1601
conspicuousness1661
glaringnessa1739
noticeability1867
1664 S. Pepys Diary 7 Oct. (1971) V. 292 [Mr. Cocker came] to show me the manner of his gaining light to grave by and to lessen the glaringnesse of it at pleasure, by an oyled paper.
a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) I. i. i. 2 The glaringness of his prose, and those intricate phrases of his, seem'd to him so many pearls.
1763 C. Johnstone Reverie (new ed.) II. 58 A dress whose glaringness and singularity must attract the notice of every one who saw it.
1885 G. Meredith Diana of Crossways II. vi. 132 The likeness..became striking to glaringness.
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