interestingnessn.
/ˈɪntrᵻstɪŋnᵻs/, /ˈɪnt(ə)rɛstɪŋnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈɪnt(ə)rəstɪŋnᵻs/ The quality of being interesting.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > [noun] > quality of
fascination1697
interestingness1759
strikingness1818
interest1821
engrossingness1848
mirch masala1980
1759 A. Smith Theory Moral Sentiments vi. §3. 107 [The axe] the emblem of having been beheaded, which is engraved under those [heads]..sheds a real dignity and interestingness over their characters.
1881 19th Cent. May 788 The interestingness of commonplace lives is insisted on.
1884 Spectator No. 2903. 212 The Times under his management failed in interestingness.
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