[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The quality of being beautiful, beauty, loveliness; concr. in pl. things in which this quality is embodied.
1526. Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 63. Beautefulnesse of nature.
1625. trans. Camden’s Hist. Eliz., I. (1635), 67. Queene Elizabeth … at Oxford … being much delighted with the … beautifulnesse of the Colledges.
1849. Robertson, Serm., Ser. I. xiii. 192. The beautifulness of obedience is perceived.
1870. Hawthorne, Eng. Note-bks. (1879), II. 15. The house … is filled with … ingenious … beautifulnesses.
