Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bookiness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: book-i-ness
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being booky.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"This, it seems to me, is the essential for marriage happiness, rather than the matching up of trait with trait, bookiness with bookiness, sportiness with sportiness, as Cinderella's Prince matched foot with slipper."

Etymology

From booky + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: booky

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does bookiness mean?: The quality of being booky.
Where does bookiness come from?: From booky + -ness.

How to pronounce bookiness

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