silverinessn.
Silvery quality or character. Cf. Scottish ‘Sillerieness, richness in regard to money’ in Jamieson Suppl. (1825).
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [noun] > pleasant quality
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [noun] > silveriness
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1856 G. Meredith Shaving of Shagpat 352 None of earth were like to them in silveriness.
c1875 Cassell's Nat. Hist. III. 103 A fourth excels in the silveriness of his voice.
1885 Westmorland Gaz. 17 Oct. 2/1 Salmon, whose silveriness had vanished by a month or two's living in the fresh water.
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