loftinessn.
/ˈlɒftɪnᵻs/, /ˈlɔːftɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈlɔfdinᵻs/, /ˈlɑfdinᵻs/ a. The attribute of being lofty, in senses of the adjective.
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the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [noun]
highnesseOE
orgelnessOE
orgelOE
orgula1200
hautainesse1297
deignoushedec1330
daina1400
hautesse1399
hautainetya1450
orgulitya1470
courage1484
haughtness1489
stateliness1509
stomacha1513
heighta1525
stiffness1526
fastidie1536
disdainfulness1548
loftiness1548
fastidiousness?1555
haughtiness1555
high-mindedness1571
squeamishness1580
hichtiness1596
morguec1598
signory1598
superciliosity1606
overliness1610
superciliousness1622
excelsity1623
hauteura1628
cavalierism1643
supercilium1657
condescendency1667
supercile1679
uncondescension1681
superbness1682
fastidiosity1704
condescension1752
aristocratism1792
aristocracy1822
patricianism1826
touch-me-not-ishness1836
cavalierishness1860
patronization1944
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > pleasantness of sound > [noun] > majestic quality
loftiness1663
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > loftiness or grandiloquence
magnificence1481
stateliness1550
sublimity1581
grandiloquence1589
sublimenessa1599
magniloquency1615
magniloquence1623
elevationa1639
rotundity1655
grandiloquy1656
magniloquy1656
grandeur1657
loftiness1663
magnificentness1727
altiloquence1775
grandiosity1801
grandioso1816
grandiloquent1829
ororotundity1831
ororotundoism1840
orotundity1909
society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > [noun]
nobleyec1300
noblenessa1382
celsitude1570
raisedness1645
heroicalness1647
celsity1656
exaltedness1659
heroism1672
loftinessa1677
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [noun] > above a certain level > great or considerable
highnesseOE
heighta1400
tallness1535
excelsity1623
precipice1650
celsitude1678
loftiness1781
1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Elatio, loftynesse, hautenesse.
1560 Bible (Geneva) Isa. ii. 17 The loftines of men shalbe abased.
1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iv. ii. 173 Their face is redde, and there is loftines of the pulses.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 198 Gallop the straite ring about with a little more firme loftinesse.
1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 8 His speech In loftiness of sound was rich.
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 248 Solomon..did himself compose above a thousand songs; whereof one yet extant declareth the loftiness of his fancy.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxi. 218 The loftiness of these buildings..was the cause of frequent and fatal accidents.
1822 C. Lamb in London Mag. Feb. 176/2 Bensley threw over the part an air of Spanish loftiness.
a1840 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1873) 3rd Ser. 194 Martin gained more by loftiness than others by servility.
1884 Manch. Examiner 27 Nov. 5/5 A..chamber..160 feet long..and of a corresponding loftiness.
1885 Sir W. M. Conway in Mag. of Art Sept. 463/1 Men..of dignity of thought and loftiness of feeling.
b. Used as a mock title of dignity.
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1599 Master Broughtons Lett. Answered vii. 21 Were he so vnlearned, as your Loftines makes him.
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