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illustriousness

  • a word derived from illustrious.
    illustrious
    adjective
    highly distinguished; renowned; famous.

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Khaled's illustriousness was sealed when he won the prestigious Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature in 2013 for his novel In Praise of Hatred, which was translated into six languages.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2023

I esteem it a great thing that I pleased you, who distinguish probity from baseness, not by the illustriousness of a father, but by the purity of heart and feelings.

From The Works of Horace by Horace

Yes, Alfred Tennyson's is a superb character, and will help give illustriousness, through the long roll of time, to our Nineteenth Century.

From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

Under the magnifying and beautifying influence of that sunset they tower upon our sight with a stature and illustriousness more than human.

From The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, January 1876 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad by Various

You mean that I, like Carpazzi, should live on the illustriousness of my name?

From The Title Market by J. H. Gardner Soper