remarkabilityn.
/rᵻˌmɑːkəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /rəˌmɑrkəˈbɪlᵻdi/, /riˌmɑrkəˈbɪlᵻdi/ 1. A thing worthy of remark; a remarkable thing. Now rare.
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1802 Monthly Mag. Jan. 608/2 On the Affairs of the Evangelical Missions, particularly in the East Indies; the greatest remarkability of the 18th century, as the title expresses it.
1893 Proc. Royal Soc. 54 114 It is a fact that the function is the meeting-place of many remarkabilities.
1907 W. W. Whitelock When Kings go Forth to Battle ii. 22 You might utilize my service as guide to the remarkabilities of the city.
2. = remarkableness n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > worthy of notice
notablenessc1450
particularity1570
conspicuity1601
of remarka1618
remarkableness1623
conspicuousness1661
noise1670
figure1692
observableness1727
remarkability1838
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [noun]
particularity1570
unusualness1579
egregiousness1606
remarkableness1623
extraordinarinessa1665
unusuality1799
remarkability1838
exceptionality1854
exceptionalness1886
1838 S. P. Hawthorne in N. Hawthorne & his Wife (1885) I. 193 He..said he thought ‘women were always jealous of such a kind of remarkability’ (that was his word) ‘in their own sex’.
1880 Cornhill Mag. Feb. 183 The most ordinary of dogs has a sort of remarkability.
1937 Science 17 Dec. 549/2 Because the ability to talk or write and to gain information by listening or reading is common the remarkability of this distinctive human attribute is not generally realized.
2000 G. Willett Living out Loud xiii. 238 This community, while visible, is losing its remarkability, becoming simply one of the many elements of Australia's multicultural mosaic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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