Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proscriptiveness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pro-scrip-tive-ness
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being proscriptive.

Uncountable

Etymology

From proscriptive + -ness.

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Questions

What does proscriptiveness mean?
The quality of being proscriptive.
Where does proscriptiveness come from?
From proscriptive + -ness.

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