gorgeousnessn.
/ˈɡɔːdʒəsnɪs/ The condition, quality, or state of being gorgeous; splendour; magnificence.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > magnificence
thrumOE
prideOE
wealc1290
noblessec1330
pompc1330
statec1330
nobletya1387
royaltyc1405
magnificence?1435
gloriousnessc1440
pompousness1447
noblenessc1450
pomperyc1460
triumpha1513
princeliness1545
gorgeousness1549
jollity1549
stateliness1556
proudnessa1586
royalitya1607
splendour1616
grandeur1652
superbiousness1654
splendidnessa1657
lustre1658
superbness1779
pompa1783
splendaciousness1853
magnoliousness1921
1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Jas. i. f. xxvi What a gorgiousnes of grene leaues, what a glistring.
1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. F.iv For very suche make the greatnes and gorgeousnes of an Oracion.
1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 315 Lust, ambition, gorgeousnesse in apparell..and the like.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 18 We had liberty in this interval to survey the Gorgeousness of his Attire.
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Leila i. iv. 28 The chamber..had a more massive and, if we may use the term, Egyptian gorgeousness.
1868 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1879) II. 144 The perfect gorgeousness of autumn.
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