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thoroughbredness

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English

Etymology

From thoroughbred + -ness.

Noun

thoroughbredness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being thoroughbred.
    • 1926, Richard Lloyd Jones, A Stop at America, page 126:
      It is a call to put on power, to live constructively, to measure up to our inherent thoroughbredness.
    • 1946, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Program Notes (part 1, page 57)
      In the second place, a standard of quality is necessary, because we all enjoy at times music which lacks thoroughbredness.
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