lightsomeness means the state or quality of being lightsome (luminous); luminosity; illumination, brightness. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 76 out of 100.
Why “lightsomeness” is a great word
LIGHTSOMENESS — [Noun] The state or quality of being lightsome, meaning either luminous and bright, or cheerful and lacking in gravity. From Middle English lightsomnesse, equivalent to lightsome (from Middle English lightsum, from light, meaning 'bright' or 'not heavy') + the suffix -ness. Unlike "luminosity," which confines itself to the physics of emission, or "levity," which implies a frivolous lack of seriousness, lightsomeness fuses both connotations. It is a white curtain billowing in a sunlit window, the lilt in a voice before a laugh escapes, and a dapple of morning light skipping across a polished floor—a buoyant grace where to be weightless is to be luminous.
noun
- The state or quality of being lightsome (luminous); luminosity; illumination, brightness.
- The state or quality of being lightsome (easy, light in weight, cheerful); levity; cheerfulness.