Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

murmurousness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mur-murous-ness
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Quality of being murmurous.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"For the third time I played hell with the bell. As I lay waiting I could hear a sort of murmurousness beyond the door. It seemed composed of whimperings, slitherings, and shufflings, punctuated occasionally by a raised voice in the distance."

Etymology

From murmurous + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: murmurous

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does murmurousness mean?: Quality of being murmurous.
Where does murmurousness come from?: From murmurous + -ness.

How to pronounce murmurousness

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