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Noun: highness  hI-nus
  1. The quality of being high or lofty
    "The highness of the mountain peak was awe-inspiring";
    - loftiness
     
  2. A high degree (of amount or force etc.)
    "responsible for the highness of the rates"
Noun: Highness
  1. (Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person

Derived forms: Highnesses

Type of: aristo [informal], aristocrat, blue blood, degree, grade, height, level, patrician, tallness

Antonym: lowness

Part of: royal family, royal house, royal line, royalty

Encyclopedia: Highness