Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hale and heartiness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables: hale and -hearti-ness
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being hale and hearty.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"As for his own relative hale and heartiness, he attributed it to drinking a bottle of beer per night; ‘all the beer drinkers seem to be keeping pretty fit’."

Etymology

From hale and hearty + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: hale and hearty

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

hale-and-heartiness (alternative)

Questions

What does hale and heartiness mean?: The state or quality of being hale and hearty.
Where does hale and heartiness come from?: From hale and hearty + -ness.

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