clearness
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English clernesse; equivalent to clear -ness.
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)nəs
Noun
editclearness (usually uncountable, plural clearnesses)
- (obsolete) Brightness, brilliancy. [14th–17th c.]
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter XV, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVII (in Middle English):
- Thenne sayd he Fair swete fader Ihesu Cryst yf euer I dyd thyng that pleasyd the lord / for thy pyte ne haue me not in despyte for my synnes done afore tyme / and that thou shewe me some thynge of that I seke / And with that he sawe the chamber dore open and there came oute a grete clerenes / that the hows was as bryghte as all torches of the world had ben there
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- Mental or sensory distinctness; clarity of understanding, perception etc. [from 16th c.]
- 1966 September 6, “The Lowest Depths”, in Time:
- The daily press is the evil principle of the modern world, and time will only serve to disclose this fact with greater and greater clearness.
- The state of being free from obscurities or opacity; distinctness of light, colour etc. [from 17th c.]
- The clearness of the water meant I could still see the key lying on the river-bed.
- The state of being free from obstruction or interference. [from 17th c.]
- The clearness of the path made for an easy hike.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editthe state or measure of being clear
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