Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brickiness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: brick-i-ness
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being bricky.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It was afterwards painted in fresco by Giulo Romano, and the colouring has its faults ; too much of that red hue, that opaque brickiness, that general diffusion of lights, and want of chiar-oscuro, that we see in his works[…]"

Etymology

From bricky + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: bricky

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

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

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