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thoroughbredness en · NOUN

Etymology

From thoroughbred + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being thoroughbred.
    • It is a call to put on power, to live constructively, to measure up to our inherent thoroughbredness. 1926, Richard Lloyd Jones, A Stop at America, page 126:
    • In the second place, a standard of quality is necessary, because we all enjoy at times music which lacks thoroughbredness. 1946, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Program Notes (part 1, page 57)