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elaborateness

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Etymology

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From elaborate +‎ -ness.

Noun

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elaborateness (countable and uncountable, plural elaboratenesses)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being elaborate
    • 1984 February 4, Michael Bronski, “Cats: Straight and Boring”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 28, page 17:
      There has always been an affinity between musical comedy and the gay male sensibility. Maybe it is the elaborateness of the ambiance and the settings, a sort of triumph of form over content to express emotions which gay men have learned to keep quiet.
  2. (countable) Something elaborate

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