Definitions
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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