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ILLUSTRIOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does illustriousness mean?
• ILLUSTRIOUSNESS (noun)
The noun ILLUSTRIOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence
Familiarity information: ILLUSTRIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
greatness; illustriousness
Hypernyms ("illustriousness" is a kind of...):
importance (the quality of being important and worthy of note)
Derivation:
illustrious (having or conferring glory)
illustrious (widely known and esteemed)
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