dearness

dearness

English

Etymology

dear +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪə(ɹ)nəs/

Noun

dearness (usually uncountable, plural dearnesses)

1. The quality of having great value or price.
   • 1657, Jeremy Taylor, Discourse of the Nature, Offices and Measures of Friendship

     But brothers pass not into noble friendships upon the stock of that relation: they have fair dispositions and advantages, and are more easy and ready to ferment into the greatest dearnesses, if all things else be answerable.

Translations

quality of having great value

Arabic: غَلَاة‎ (ḡalāh) French: cherté (fr) f German: Teuerheit f Latin: cāritas f Manx: ard-leagh m Russian: дорогови́зна (ru) f (dorogovízna) (being expensive)

See also

• costliness

Anagrams

• Andreses, arse ends, serendas