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Grandness

Grandness \Grand"ness\, n. Grandeur.
--Wollaston.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
grandness

1722, from grand (adj.) + -ness.

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grandness

n. The state of being grand.

WordNet
grandness

  1. n. a prominent status; "a person of importance" [syn: importance]

  2. unusual largeness in size or extent [syn: enormousness, greatness, immenseness, immensity, sizeableness, vastness]

  3. the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand [syn: magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur]

  4. splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness of the architecture" [syn: impressiveness, magnificence]

Usage examples of "grandness".

Bettleby's is a forty-foot-wide, three-story, shabby clapboard building that could no more satisfy a taste for grandness than a cow pie could satisfy when you wanted a slice of grandma's deep-dish apple.