Obs. rare–1. [f. as prec. + -NESS.] = EXQUISITENESS.
1761. Sterne, Tr. Shandy, IV. i. 75. If this specimen of Slawkenbergius’s tales, and the exquisitiveness of his moral, should please the world.
Obs. rare–1. [f. as prec. + -NESS.] = EXQUISITENESS.
1761. Sterne, Tr. Shandy, IV. i. 75. If this specimen of Slawkenbergius’s tales, and the exquisitiveness of his moral, should please the world.
