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- noun Plural form of
gorgeousness .
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Examples
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The barbaric gorgeousnesses, for instance; and the princely titles, the sumptuous titles, the sounding titles, -- how good they taste in the mouth!
Following the Equator Mark Twain 1872
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All the hosannahing strong gorgeousnesses have gone back to heaven and hell and the pole, now, but no matter; if you could look out of my bedroom window at this moment, you would choke up; and when you got your voice you would say: This is not real, this is a dream.
Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 6 (1907-1910) Mark Twain 1872
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All the hosannahing strong gorgeousnesses have gone back to heaven and hell and the pole, now, but no matter; if you could look out of my bedroom window at this moment, you would choke up; and when you got your voice you would say: This is not real, this is a dream.
Complete Letters of Mark Twain Mark Twain 1872
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The barbaric gorgeousnesses, for instance; and the princely titles, the sumptuous titles, the sounding titles, -- how good they taste in the mouth!
Following the Equator, Part 5 Mark Twain 1872
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If the rumors are to be believed, it's come down to a battle between the gorgeousnesses of
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