admirablenessn.
/ˈadm(ə)rəblnəs/, U.S. /ˈædm(ə)rəbəlnəs/ The quality of being admirable.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun]
goodnessOE
mund?c1250
daintethc1290
bountyc1300
daintyc1300
excellencec1384
virtuea1393
excellency?a1400
nobilitya1400
meritc1425
singularity?c1450
fineness1523
admirationa1533
rareness1545
rightness1561
rariety1566
rarity1566
excellentness1569
beautya1586
admirableness1607
primeness1611
gallantry1650
eximiety1656
optimity1656
altesse1660
unexceptionableness1669
excellingness1701
quality1803
sterlingness1815
stupendosity1828
goodliness1832
superbness1832
unexceptionability1837
sweetness and light1867
class1884
rortiness1885
rippingness1903
superstardom1928
motherfucker1977
awesomeness1998
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > praiseworthiness > [noun]
praising?c1225
admirationa1533
praiseworthiness1549
praise1589
admirableness1607
admirability1613
commendablenessa1639
praisableness1648
recommendableness1660
laudableness1695
laudability1715
recommendability1843
1607 G. Wilkins Miseries Inforst Mariage sig. G2v The admirablenes of her vertues.
1675 T. Brooks Word in Season 216 in Paradice Opened The greatness of Gods love, the vehemency of his love, and the admirableness of his love.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 343 The admirableness of these Phænomena.
1743 J. Ellis Knowl. Divine Things i. 6 The Obligation of all Religion..must be deduced from the Existence of God; and the Admirableness of its Precepts, from the Divine Nature and Perfections.
1776 J. Shebbeare Ess. on Establishment of National Society App. 211 His friends may accuse me of doing him injustice, in exhibiting so few instances of his peculiar excellence and admirableness in the preceding qualities.
1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice III. ii. 64 The principal church in Italy was built with little idea of any other admirableness than that which was to result from its being huge.
1873 J. W. De Forest Wetherel Affair xxv. 94 Her thoughts..were on far other things than her own merits and admirableness.
1922 A. K. Rogers Theory of Ethics ii. 35 It is understandable that we should tend to confuse admirableness and goodness, since the former never occurs without the latter.
1998 Canberra Times (Nexis) 4 Apr. c3 Fewer people put her at the pinnacle of admirableness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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