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