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noun
2.
the quality of being agile, nimble, or graceful.
3.
lack of pressure or burdensomeness.
4.
lack of seriousness; levity in actions, thoughts, or speech: That kind of lightness seemed out of place.
5.
gaiety of manner, speech, style, etc.; cheerfulness: His lightness was just what the party needed.
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Lightness
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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| light2 (laɪt) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | not heavy; weighing relatively little |
| 2. | having relatively low density: magnesium is a light metal |
| 3. | lacking sufficient weight; not agreeing with standard or official weights |
| 4. | not great in degree, intensity, or number: light rain; a light eater |
| 5. | without burdens, difficulties, or problems; easily borne or done: a light heart; light work |
| 6. | graceful, agile, or deft: light fingers |
| 7. | not bulky or clumsy |
| 8. | not serious or profound; entertaining: light verse |
| 9. | without importance or consequence; insignificant: no light matter |
| 10. | frivolous or capricious |
| 11. | loose in morals |
| 12. | dizzy or unclear: a light head |
| 13. | (of bread, cake, etc) spongy or well leavened |
| 14. | easily digested: a light meal |
| 15. | relatively low in alcoholic content: a light wine |
| 16. | (of a soil) having a crumbly texture |
| 17. | of a vessel, lorry, etc |
| a. designed to carry light loads | |
| b. not loaded | |
| 18. | carrying light arms or equipment: light infantry |
| 19. | Compare heavy (of an industry) engaged in the production of small consumer goods using light machinery |
| 20. | aeronautics (of an aircraft) having a maximum take-off weight less than 5670 kilograms (12 500 pounds) |
| 21. | chem (of an oil fraction obtained from coal tar) having a boiling range between about 100° and 210°C |
| 22. | (of a railway) having a narrow gauge, or in some cases a standard gauge with speed or load restrictions not applied to a main line |
| 23. | bridge |
| a. (of a bid) made on insufficient values | |
| b. (of a player) having failed to take sufficient tricks to make his contract | |
| 24. | phonetics, prosody Compare heavy See also light (of a syllable, vowel, etc) unaccented or weakly stressed; short |
| 25. | phonetics the least of three levels of stress in an utterance, in such languages as English |
| 26. | informal light on lacking a sufficient quantity of (something) |
| 27. | make light of to treat as insignificant or trifling |
| —adv | |
| 28. | a less common word for lightly |
| 29. | with little equipment, baggage, etc: to travel light |
| —vb (foll by on | |
| 30. | (esp of birds) to settle or land after flight |
| 31. | to get down from a horse, vehicle, etc |
| 32. | to come upon unexpectedly |
| 33. | to strike or fall on: the choice lighted on me |
| [Old English lēoht; related to Dutch licht, Gothic leihts] | |
| 'lightish2 | |
| —adj | |
| 'lightly2 | |
| —adv | |
| 'lightness2 | |
| —n | |
| lightness (ˈlaɪtnɪs) | |
| —n | |
| See also colour the attribute of an object or colour that enables an observer to judge the extent to which the object or colour reflects or transmits incident light | |
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