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orientness en · NOUN

Etymology

From orient + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, uncountable) brightness; splendour.
    • But , waving these advantages , such of that mystery which trade with country - people herein , gain much by buying their pearls , though far short of the Indian in Orientness a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:

Synonyms

oriency