† vagisnessn.
Obsolete. rare.
Handsomeness, elegance.
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the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > elegance > [noun]
elegancy?a1475
elegance1545
featness1576
garb1591
vagisness1604
fashionableness1640
gentility1753
featliness1843
concinnity1855
1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. §4. 197 All these [parts of the world]..are inameled with a most gratious vagisnesse, lustre, and beautie.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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