"preciousness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: preciousnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English preciousnesse; equivalent to precious + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|preciousnesse}} Middle English preciousnesse, {{affix|en|precious|-ness}} precious + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} preciousness (usually uncountable, plural preciousnesses)
  1. The condition of being precious. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the condition of being precious): kosbaarheid (Afrikaans), kostbaarheid [feminine] (Dutch), préciosité [feminine] (French), mignardise [feminine] (French), Kostbarkeit [feminine] (German), luachmhaireacht [feminine] (Irish), preziosità [feminine] (Italian), скапоценост (skapocenost) [feminine] (Macedonian), diuritha [feminine] (Old Saxon), драго̀цјено̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), драго̀цено̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dragòcjenōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dragòcenōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), preciosidad [feminine] (Spanish), preciosura [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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