lightness
English
Etymology 1
from light, the noun
Noun
lightness (countable and uncountable; plural lightnesses)
- (uncountable) the condition of being illuminated
- (uncountable) the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour
- (countable) The product of being illuminated.
Translations
the condition of being illuminated
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Etymology 2
From light, the adjective.
Noun
lightness (uncountable)
- The state of having little weight, or little force.
- Agility of movement.
- Freedom from worry.
- 1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, “The Tutor's Daughter”, in Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion[1], page 266:
- In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.
- 1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, “The Tutor's Daughter”, in Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion[1], page 266:
- Levity, frivolity; inconsistency.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York 2001, p. 75:
- Seneca [...] accounts it a filthy lightness in men, every day to lay new foundations of their life, but who doth otherwise?
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York 2001, p. 75: