lightness

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noun

Plural noun:

lightnesseslightnesse

1.
(uncountable)the condition of being illuminated
2.
(uncountable)the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour
3.
(countable)The product of being illuminated.
4.
(uncountable)The state of having little (or less) weight, or little force.
5.
(uncountable)Agility of movement.
6.
(uncountable)Freedom from worry.
7.
(uncountable)Levity, frivolity; inconsistency.
Seneca […] accounts it a filthy lightness in men, every day to lay new foundations of their life, but who doth otherwise?

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From Middle English lightnes, lightnesse, from Old English līhtnes, lȳhtnys (enlightening, illumination), from *liuhtinassī; equivalent to light + -ness. Cognate with liuhtnissi.