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Word entry · 9 letters

lightness

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"Low mass"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈlaɪtnəs/Part of speech nounSorted eghilnsstStarts with LEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous

Word origin

From Middle English lightnes, lightnesse, from Old English līhtnes, lȳhtnys (“enlightening, illumination”), from Proto-West Germanic *liuhtinassī; equivalent to light (“to make bright, illuminate”, verb) + -ness (suffix forming nouns). Cognate with Old High German liuhtnissi (“illumination, enlightening”).

Used in a sentence

  • Well, darkness has a hunger that's insatiable and lightness has a call that's hard to hear.
  • The unique chassis design is largely the secret of the lightness of the locomotive.
  • In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.

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