| 单词 |
illustriousness |
| 释义 |
iˈllustriousness [f. as prec. + -ness.] 1. Illustrious quality or condition; † brilliance, resplendency; distinction; illustrious rank or position.
1650–66Wharton Poems Wks. (1683) 383 Farewel to all our New Nobility: Good-night Illustriousness. 1660Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. i. iv. 126 The illustriousness of the birth. 1682A. Behn False Count iv. ii, An't please your Illustriousness. 1889Harper's Mag. Mar. 501/1 Academies which can vie with ours in the illustriousness of their members. 2. [tr. G. durchlaucht.] With possessive adjective as a title of dignity or honour given to German princes.
1929‘S. N. D.’ Sir W. Howard Visct. Stafford iv. 48 His Electoral Illustriousness, the Prince Palatine of the Rhine. |

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