Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being rich.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being rich (in any sense of the adjective).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The state or quality of being
rich ;richdom . - noun ecology The number of types in a community.
- noun countable The result or product of being
rich .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing
- noun splendid or imposing in size or appearance
- noun the quality of having high intrinsic value
- noun the property of being extremely abundant
- noun the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
- noun abundant wealth
- noun a strong deep vividness of hue
Etymologies
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Examples
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But now the richness is coming back home to Gujarat.
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Not that much richer, of course, but at my age every little bit of richness is double plus good.
Cheeseburger Gothic » A Christmas card from the Playboy Mansion.
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But now the richness is coming back home to Gujarat.
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But the test pans increase in richness, 20, then 60 cents, then a dollar from a single shovel-full of dirt; three and four dollar pans, then a $5 pan, then breaking through rotten quartz, six feet down and more and Bill's song of triumph: Sufferin 'Sardanopolis!
“I ain't never goin' to work again. . . . I'm plum tired out.”
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The owner tells me that the secret ingredient that gives it that carnivorous richness is miso†never would have guessed that a little soy could make a soup taste like that.
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Due to this, species richness is high, although endemism is relatively low.
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Missing, too, can be a certain richness of vocabulary and idiom, as well as a complexity of expression, unless you're specially trained, highly literate, or just damned gifted.
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Saar captures so many flavors in every sip - there is a aroma of spice and heat from chillies, a richness from the coconut milk, and a wake-me-up tang from the tomato.
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Missing, too, can be a certain richness of vocabulary and idiom, as well as a complexity of expression, unless you're specially trained, highly literate, or just damned gifted.
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As we've seen in South Africa and Eastern Europe and San Francisco, civil society in its richness is always greater than official codes about who is, and isn't, a full person.
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