[syn: crust, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence, cheekiness, freshness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Freshness \Fresh"ness\, n.
The state of being fresh.
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The Scots had the advantage both for number and
freshness
of men. --Hayward.
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And breathe the freshness of the open air. --Dryden.
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Her cheeks their freshness lose and wonted grace.
--Granville.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
freshness
n 1: the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made);
not stale or deteriorated; "she loved the freshness of
newly baked bread"; "the freshness of the air revived him"
[ant: staleness]
2: originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel [syn:
freshness, novelty]
3: an alert and refreshed state [syn: freshness, glow]
4: originality by virtue of being new and surprising [syn:
novelty, freshness]
5: the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take
liberties [syn: crust, gall, impertinence, impudence,
insolence, cheekiness, freshness]