Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

auntness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: aunt-ness
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the state of being an aunt.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"An aunt may be young, ridiculously so, as a body; but as a soul, that is, as her real self, she must enjoy the full privilege of auntness."
"When I wasn't completely creeped out by this sudden switch-off of normal auntness, I'd ask my mom what was going on."
"Her auntness is accidental. The accident is my father who recently, and for reasons both private and worrying, reclaimed this extremely peripheral twig of the family tree' (Swaminathan 2006, pp. 2—3)."

Etymology

From aunt + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: aunt

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

auntdom aunthood

Questions

What does auntness mean?: the state of being an aunt.
Where does auntness come from?: From aunt + -ness.

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