Killingness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Killingness is a noun meaning (dated) The quality of being devastatingly attractive.
Meaning
(dated) The quality of being devastatingly attractive.
Example Sentences
[…] especially when these showy garments were set off with a large bunch of flowers in the hand, or on the breast, which most of the young fellows displayed with conscious killingness.
[…] and they daily sent each other little billets, remarkable for the aristocratic contempt which they showed for orthography; and little patterns of head-dresses, quite as remarkable for their grace and "killingness."
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include killability, deadliness, fatalness, devouringness, stunningness, deathiness.
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