Meaning of killingness | Babel Free

Definitions

The quality of being devastatingly attractive.

dated, uncountable

Examples

“[…] especially when these showy garments were set off with a large bunch of flowers in the hand, or on the breast, which most of the young fellows displayed with conscious killingness.”

“[…] and they daily sent each other little billets, remarkable for the aristocratic contempt which they showed for orthography; and little patterns of head-dresses, quite as remarkable for their grace and "killingness."”

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