BRIGHTNESS

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness. A sudden brightness in his face appear. Crabbe.

2.
n.

Acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit. The brightness of his parts . . . distinguished him. Prior.


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