legiblenessn.
/ˈlɛdʒᵻblnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈlɛdʒəbəlnəs/ Legibility.
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society > communication > reading > [noun] > readability
legibleness1657
legibility1812
readability1834
readableness1844
society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > [noun] > easily read, legibility
legibleness1657
legibility1665
readableness1844
1657 F. Roberts Mysterium & Medulla Bibliorum iv. v. 1378 Legibleness of the writing.
?1734 ‘Pilgrim Plowden’ Farrago 127 To purpose the immediate transcribing..but having already brightened it with blots almost out of legibleness, I shall keep it for polishing 'till the next dispatch.
1874 Sanitarian Apr. 37 Of the specimens of printed pages, I must prefer the more closely printed one. I think that its legibleness is greater.
1910 Jrnl. Educ. (Univ. of Boston School of Educ.) 21 July 70/1 The man who copied the manuscript of the old masters commands our respect for the legibleness and beauty in form of his letters and his faithfulness to the manuscript.
1949 Mason City (Iowa) Globe-Gaz. 30 Apr. 10/5 Research reveals that inscribed messages made in 1815 on beech trees of Tennessee retained full legibleness for 100 years.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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