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Richness

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Rich  (rch), Adrienne Born 1929.
American poet and essayist whose works, notably Diving Into the Wreck (1973), concern radical feminism, lesbianism, and political activism.

rich  (rch)
adj. rich·er, rich·est
1. Possessing great material wealth: "Now that he was rich he was not thought ignorant any more, but simply eccentric" (Mavis Gallant).
2. Having great worth or value: a rich harvest of grain.
3. Magnificent; sumptuous: a rich brocade.
4.
a. Having an abundant supply: rich in ideas.
b. Abounding, especially in natural resources: rich land.
5. Meaningful and significant: "a rich sense of the transaction between writer and reader" (William Zinsser).
6. Very productive and therefore financially profitable: rich seams of coal.
7.
a. Containing a large amount of choice ingredients, such as butter, sugar, or eggs, and therefore unusually heavy or sweet: a rich dessert.
b. Having or exuding a strong or pungent aroma: "Texas air is so rich you can nourish off it like it was food" (Edna Ferber).
8.
a. Pleasantly full and mellow: a rich tenor voice.
b. Warm and strong in color: a rich brown velvet.
9. Containing a large proportion of fuel to air: a rich gas mixture.
10. Informal Highly amusing.
n. (used with a pl. verb)
Wealthy people considered as a group. Often used with the: "Were there, indeed, a sure appeal to the mercies of the rich, the calamities of the poor might be less intolerable" (Charlotte Smith).

[Middle English riche, from Old French (of Germanic origin) and from Old English rce, strong, powerful; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

richly adv.
richness n.
Synonyms: rich, affluent, flush1, loaded, moneyed, wealthy
These adjectives mean having an abundant supply of money, property, or possessions of value: a rich executive; an affluent banker; a speculator flush with cash; not merely rich but loaded; moneyed heirs; wealthy corporations.
Antonym: poor

richness [ˈrɪtʃˌnɪs]
n
1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) (Cookery) (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) the state or quality of being rich
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Environmental Science) Ecology the number of individuals of a species in a given area

Richesse, Richness wealth or opulence; martins collectively, 1486.
Examples: richesse of glory, 1382; of all heavenly grace, 1590; of virtues and comfort of the Holy Ghost, 1400; of good works, 1539.

Richness 
  1. Rich as apricots in brandy —Robert D. McFadden
  2. (Vellum) rich as country cream —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  3. Rich as memory —Marge Piercy
  4. Rich as velvet brocade —Morris Philipson, describing the rich texture of language in a book, New York Times Book Review, April 12, 1987
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.richness - the property of being extremely abundantrichness - the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English"
abundance, copiousness, teemingness - the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance"
overgrowth - a profusion of growth on or over something else
greenness, verdancy, verdure - the lush appearance of flourishing vegetation
wilderness - a bewildering profusion; "the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups"; "a wilderness of masts in the harbor"
2.richness - abundant wealthrichness - abundant wealth; "they studied forerunners of richness or poverty"; "the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty"
wealth, wealthiness - the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money; "great wealth is not a sign of great intelligence"
ease, comfort - a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state; "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all the material comforts of this world"
3.richness - the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasingrichness - the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing; "the music had a fullness that echoed through the hall"; "the cheap wine had no body, no mellowness"; "he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance"
property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles"
4.richness - the quality of having high intrinsic value; "the richness of the mines and pastureland"; "the cut of her clothes and the richness of the fabric were distinctive"
value - the quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable; "the Shakespearean Shylock is of dubious value in the modern world"
5.richness - the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovely in their rankness"
fruitfulness, fecundity - the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
6.richness - a strong deep vividness of hue; "the fire-light gave a richness of coloring to that side of the room"
tint, shade, tincture, tone - a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"
7.richness - splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the flora"
excellence - the quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree
expansiveness, expansivity - a quality characterized by magnificence of scale or the tendency to expand; "the expansiveness of their extravagant life style was soon curtailed"
majesty, stateliness, loftiness - impressiveness in scale or proportion
Translations
richness [ˈrɪtʃnɪs] N
1. (= wealth) [of person, culture] → riqueza f
2. (= abundance) [of variety] → lo enorme; [of deposits, harvest] → abundancia f
richness in vitaminsriqueza f en vitaminas
3. (= fullness) [of life, experience] → riqueza f
4. (= fertility) [of soil] → fertilidad f
5. (= heaviness) [of food] → lo sustancioso (pej) → pesadez f
6. (= intensity) [of colour] → viveza f; [of sound, smell] → intensidad f
7. (= mellowness) [of voice] → sonoridad f
richness [ˈrɪtʃnɪs] n
[person, country] → richesse f
[food] → richesse f
[soil] → richesse f, fertilité f
[colour] → richesse f; [smell] → intensité f
[culture] → richesse f; [life] → plénitude f
Richter scale [ˈrɪktərskeɪl] néchelle f de Richter
to measure 5 on the Richter Scale → mesurer 5 sur l'échelle de Richter
richness
n
(= wealthiness)Reichtum m
(= splendour, of furniture, decoration, style, clothes) → Pracht f; (of banquet)Üppigkeit f
(of food)Schwere f; the richness of the fooddie reichhaltige Kost
(= fertility: of soil, land) → Fruchtbarkeit f
(= intensity, of colour) → Sattheit f; (of wine)Schwere f; (of smell)Stärke f; the richness of his voiceseine volle Stimme
(= fullness, of life) → Erfülltheit f; (of history, experience)Reichtum m
(Aut, of mixture) → Fettheit f
(in minerals, vitamins etc) → Reichtum m (→ in an +dat)
richness [ˈrɪtʃnɪs] n (see adj) → ricchezza, (alto) contenuto di grassi, intensità f inv, sontuosità f inv


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I know not with what fine and costly material the heidelburgh Tun was coated within, but in superlative richness that coating could not possibly have compared with the silken pearl-colored membrane, like the line of a fine pelisse, forming the inner surface of the Sperm Whale's case.
But what further depreciates the whale as a civilized dish, is his exceeding richness.
The smooth richness of their diction; the amiable sweetness of their mood, their gracious caprice, the delicacy of their satire (which was so kind that it should have some other name), their abundance of light and color, and the deep heart of humanity underlying their airiest fantasticality, all united in an effect which was different from any I had yet known.
 
 
 
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