Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

feelness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: feel-ness
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state, condition, or quality of feeling; perception; sensitivity

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"You know that much and you also feel the feelness of your own hand. Now that's hard to say any other way. You know what you feel and you know that it's you feelin' inside your own hand and arm."
"Within the group of low involvement "feel" products the following 10 were retained (in descending order of "feelness"): birthday cards, indoor plants, liquor, sun-glasses, pilsner beer, pralines, port, potato crisps, cookies, chocolate."
"Took reality further, beyond the realness, feelness of things."

Etymology

From feel + -ness, or perhaps continuing Middle English fēlnes (“perception”), from Old English ġefēlnes (“sensitivity; feeling”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: felnes, ġefēlnes
Suffix: feel

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does feelness mean?: The state, condition, or quality of feeling; perception; sensitivity
Where does feelness come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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