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highness (n.)
[highness 词源字典]
Old English
heanes
; see
high
(adj.) +
-ness
. Meaning "royalty, excellence, nobility" is early 13c.;
Your Highness
as a form of address to English royalty is attested from c. 1400.
[highness etymology, highness origin, 英语词源]