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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1568
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Seriousness, n. [e.m.E. seriousnesse (1530); Serious adj.] The quality or condition of being serious. —1568 Lyndesay Pref. (STS) 401.
Seriousnes intermixit with iocunditie