noun

highness

Highness, height

Your Highness, the carriage is ready.

Your Highness, the carriage is ready.

The highness of the mountain was breathtaking.

The highness of the mountain was breathtaking.

Your/His/Her Highness A title of address for royalty. We bowed to Her Highness.

Synonyms: loftiness, altitude; majesty, eminence

From 'high' + '-ness' (a suffix indicating a state or quality). It refers to both physical height and high social rank.

Think of 'high' + 'ness' = the state of being high, which applies to both physical height and social rank (like royalty).

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