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prettiness

noun

Etymology

From pretty + -ness.

  1. inherited from *prattugaz✻ — “boastful, sly, slick, deceitful, tricky, cunning”
  2. inherited from *prattug✻
  3. inherited from prættiġ — “tricky, crafty, sly, cunning, wily, astute”
  4. inherited from prety
  5. suffixed as prettiness — “pretty + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being pretty.

    • A young girl in cap and apron—a girl of quite unusual prettiness—appeared at the door.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA