Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being prime or first; supreme excellence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being first.
- noun The quality or state of being prime, or excellent.
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- noun The quality or state of being
first . - noun The quality or state of being
prime , orexcellent . - noun mathematics The quality of being
prime , or aprime number .
Etymologies
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Examples
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One does not partake or fail to partake of Platonic primeness.
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The primeness of one as someone has pointed out above is an excellent illustration.
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A prime number has the same primeness whether thought about by a human or some ET.
If Aliens Decided to Destroy Humanity, Could We Blame Them? Sean 2008
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At last, there were very distinct allusions made by the oldest gentleman of the party to one Whitecross Street, at which the young gentleman, notwithstanding his primeness and his spirit, and his knowledge of life into the bargain, reclined his head upon the table, and howled dismally.
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He has attended Mr. Groves of Charing Cross, and Mr. Giblett of Bond Street, in a course of purchases of fish and meat; and is able at a glance to recognize the age of mutton, the primeness of beef, the firmness and freshness of fish of all kinds.
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So when I noted that 3421 was “not even prime,” it was as if to prove that it is not noteworthy in any way whatsoever,** not to assert that primeness is the most desirable of qualities.
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When associated with affectation, it is in literature what assumption of dignity, grand airs and primeness are in society; and equally intolerable.
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Surely there was nothing in the primeness of the butter or the freshness of the eggs to change careless looking faces into such expressions of gratification, or to light dull eyes with such gladness.
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At last, there were very distinct allusions made by the oldest gentleman of the party to one Whitecross Street, at which the young gentleman, notwithstanding his primeness and his spirit, and his knowledge of life into the bargain, reclined his head upon the table, and howled dismally.
The Pickwick Papers Charles Dickens 1841
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At last, there were very distinct allusions made by the oldest gentleman of the party to one Whitecross Street, at which the young gentleman, notwithstanding his primeness and his spirit, and his knowledge of life into the bargain, reclined his head upon the table, and howled dismally.
The Pickwick papers 1836
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