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单词 pearliness
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pearlinessn.

Brit. /ˈpəːlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpərlinᵻs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pearly adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < pearly adj. + -ness suffix.
The quality of being pearly; the appearance, quality, or character of pearl or mother-of-pearl.
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society > morality > virtue > purity > [noun]
cleannessc890
unwemmednessc1175
purity?c1225
shireness?c1225
cleanshipc1230
uncorruptionc1384
purenessa1398
undefoulingnessc1400
whitenessc1400
cleanliness1430
immaculation1509
clearness1526
undefiledness1571
uncorruptness1583
unspottedness1598
intemerateness1607
uncorruptedness1611
candour1612
spotlessness1619
immaculateness1641
candidness1654
unblemishedness1656
intemeration1660
unstainedness1685
pearliness1760
taintlessness1811
stainlessness1862
the world > matter > light > reflection > [noun] > lustre or shine from reflected light > of specific colour or lustre
silver1481
pearliness1760
metallic1976
1760 J. Bevis Exper. Enq. Two Mineral Waters 40 A solution of alum gave an equally diffused pearliness or opaline for a considerable time.
1770–1 E. M. da Costa Conchol. 9 With a kind of Pearliness of a pale Ambry, or livid blue.
1835 Southern Literary Messenger Dec. 9/2 The morning dew-drop, With all its pearliness and diamond form Vanisheth.
1860 W. Collins Woman in White (new ed.) I. 257 Let me teach you to understand the heavenly pearliness of these lines.
1893 J. Pulsford Loyalty to Christ II. 145 Let..our whole spirit, soul, and flesh, be sacred to His Humanity.., that through His Pearliness in us we may become His incorruptible and eternal race.
1920 Amer. Midland Naturalist 6 248 Erosion of the epidermis [of the shell] was considerably advanced, and the pearliness of the nacre was dull.
1994 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 20 June 2 The high-protein South American grain quinoa..has an almost translucent pearliness when cooked.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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