Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HIGH'NESS
HIGH'NESS, n. [hi'ness.]
- Elevation above the surface; loftiness; altitude; highth.
- Dignity; elevation in rank, character, or power.
- Excellence; value. Howell.
- Violence; as, the highness of wind.
- Great amount; as, the highness of price.
- Acuteness; as, the highness of a note or voice.
- Intenseness, as of heat.
- A title of honor given to princes nr other men of rank.
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