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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RICH'NESS, n.
1. Opulence; wealth.
2. Finery; splendor.
3. Fertility; fecundity; fruitfulness; the qualities which render productive; as the richness of a oil.
4. Fullness; abundance; as the richness of a treasury.
5. Quality of abounding with something valuable; as the richness of a mine or an ore; the richness of milk or of cane-juice.
6. Abundance of any ingredient or quality; as the richness of spices or of fragrance.
7. Abundance of beautiful scenery; as the richness of a landscape or prospect.
8. Abundance of nutritious qualities; as the richness of diet.
9. Abundance of high seasoning; as the richness of cake.
10. Strength; vividness; or whatever constitutes perfection; as the richness of color or coloring.
11. Abundance of imagery or of striking ideas; as richness of description.
RICK, n. [Eng. ridge.]
A heap or pile of grain or hay in the field or open air, but sheltered with a kind of roof. In America, we usually give this name to a long pile; the round and conical pile being called stack. In the north of England, it is said this name is given to small piles of corn in the field.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English" [syn: profusion, profuseness, richness, cornucopia]
2: abundant wealth; "they studied forerunners of richness or poverty"; "the richness all around unsettled him for he had expected to find poverty" [syn: affluence, richness]
3: the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing; "the music had a fullness that echoed through the hall"; "the cheap wine had no body, no mellowness"; "he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance" [syn: fullness, mellowness, richness]
4: the quality of having high intrinsic value; "the richness of the mines and pastureland"; "the cut of her clothes and the richness of the fabric were distinctive"
5: the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovely in their rankness" [syn: richness, rankness, prolificacy, fertility]
6: a strong deep vividness of hue; "the fire-light gave a richness of coloring to that side of the room"
7: splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the flora" [syn: impressiveness, grandness, magnificence, richness]

Merriam Webster's

noun see rich

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Richness Rich"ness, n. The quality or state of being rich (in any sense of the adjective).

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

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Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Abundance, plenty, fulness, copiousness, luxuriance, exuberance, profusion. 2. Fertility, fruitfulness, productiveness. 3. Excellence, value, costliness. 4. Brightness, vividness, brilliancy. 5. Sweetness, melodiousness, harmoniousness.