单词 | illustriousness |
释义 | illustriousnessn. 1. Illustrious quality or condition; †brilliance, resplendency; distinction; illustrious rank or position. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > [noun] > illustriousness shine?1529 lustrea1575 splendour1604 clarity1616 illustration1616 illustriousness1650 illustricity1761 1650–66 G. Wharton Poems in Wks. (1683) 383 Farewel to all our New Nobility: Good-night Illustriousness. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. i. iv. 126 The illustriousness of the birth. 1682 A. Behn False Count iv. ii. 47 An't please your Illustriousness. 1889 Harper's Mag. Mar. 501/1 Academies which can vie with ours in the illustriousness of their members. 2. [translating German durchlaucht.] With possessive adjective as a title of dignity or honour given to German princes. ΚΠ 1929 ‘S. N. D.’ Sir W. Howard, Visct. Stafford iv. 48 His Electoral Illustriousness, the Prince Palatine of the Rhine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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