uncommonness

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun extraordinariness as a consequence of being marked by an uncommon or superlative quality
noun extraordinariness as a consequence of being rare and seldom encountered

From uncommon + -ness.

Addie Tristram died with all her old uncommonness. — Tristram of Blent: An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House, Anthony Hope
We might, indeed, multiply indefinitely our quotations from the correspondence of this literary period to show its sincerity, its spontaneity, its uncommonness, the tone of intimate brotherhood and natural unruly affection that pervades it everywhere. — Studies in Literature and History, Alfred C., Sir Lyall
It chooses such peculiarities as admit of being reproduced and consequently are not indissolubly bound up with the individuality of a single person,--a possibly common sort of uncommonness, so to say,--peculiarities that are held in common. — Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic, Henri Bergson

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