purpositiveness
/ˈpɚpəsədɪvnᵻs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "the Occultist insists that the purpositiveness of Deity manifesting as Nature is exhibited in all Its individual parts […]"
- "This use of a particular period and type of building to enlighten the community of architectural tradition from the Middle Ages to the most modern building here and now shows a purpositiveness very different from the passive observation of things that exist in the visual world merely because they exist."
- "To story family following these parameters centers a heterocentrist construction of the purpositiveness of such relationships, marginalizes relationships not defined by legal marriage or biology, and seeks to legitimize the primacy of the nuclear family constellation."
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle English purpos English purpose Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English -tive English purpositive Proto-Germanic *-in- ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English purpositiveness From purpositive + -ness.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɚpəsədɪvnᵻs/
- British English: /ˈpəːpəsᵻtɪvnᵻs/