Noun: noblesse
| Singular | noblesse |
| Plural | noblesses |
Sample Sentences
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But thou, whose noblesse keeps one stature still [1612, Ben Jonson, Epigrams:]
Nouns inflected like noblesse
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle English noblesse, from Anglo-Norman noblesse, noblesce et al., Old French noblace, nobleche et al., from noble (“noble”). See: Middle English Nouns '
noblesse'.