Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

killingness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: killing-ness
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being devastatingly attractive.

Dated; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] especially when these showy garments were set off with a large bunch of flowers in the hand, or on the breast, which most of the young fellows displayed with conscious killingness."
"[…] and they daily sent each other little billets, remarkable for the aristocratic contempt which they showed for orthography; and little patterns of head-dresses, quite as remarkable for their grace and "killingness.""

Etymology

From killing + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: killing

Usage

Questions

What does killingness mean?: The quality of being devastatingly attractive.
Where does killingness come from?: From killing + -ness.

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