luminousness

English

Etymology

luminous +‎ -ness

Noun

luminousness (countable and uncountable, plural luminousnesses)

  1. The quality of being luminous.
    • 1927, Willa Cather, Death Comes for the Archbishop, Book VII, section 2, page 212:
      The full moon, hidden by veils of cloud, threw a pale phosphorescent luminousness over the heavens, and the towers of the church stood up black against this silvery fleece.
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