visiblenessn.
/ˈvɪzᵻblnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈvɪzəbəlnəs/ The quality of being visible; visibility.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [noun]
visibleness1581
visibility1614
discernableness1662
perceptibleness1709
discernibleness1727
seeableness1830
observability1833
1581 W. Fulke in A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion (1584) ii. sig. I ij There was a time when visiblenes was no note of the Church.
1605 A. Wotton Answere Popish Pamphlet 14 We easily grant a perpetuall continuance of the church, though we denie a necessity of visiblenesse.
1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 66 Also visiblenesse, touchablenesse, which are inseparable.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II
1842 H. E. Manning Serm. xiv. 195 We have yet to regain the visibleness and consciousness of unity.
1842 H. E. Manning Serm. xxvi. 392 There is an inwardness and a retirement about it [sc. the Church], even in its visibleness.
1890 Spectator 11 Jan. 45/2 The owners feel..as if the visibleness of their wealth constituted a danger.
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