Victoriousness

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The quality of having achieved triumph in competitions or conflicts
2. The state of experiencing success and demonstrating winning attributes in various challenges
3. The condition of being successful or triumphant after competition or struggle

Etymology: "Victoriousness" is simply "victorious" with the suffix "-ness" attached. The suffix comes from Old English "-nes(s)", a common way of turning an adjective into a noun for a quality or state, as in "kindness" or "darkness". Adding it to "victorious" gives a noun for the condition of having won. "Victorious" itself is the older building block, formed from "victory" with the adjective ending "-ous". "Victory" traces back through Old French to Latin "victoria", which was tied to the Latin word "victor", meaning conqueror. So the word carries the sense of prevailing in a contest at each layer, with the suffix doing the grammatical work of naming that state as a thing.

Synonyms: triumph, success, victory, conquest, achievement

Antonyms: defeat, failure, loss, disappointment, setback