Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roughishness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: roughish-ness
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Slight roughness.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The sensible qualities of argentina promise no great virtue of this kind; for to the taste it discovers only a slight roughishness, from whence it may be presumed to be entitled to a place only among the milder corroborants."

Etymology

From roughish + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: roughish

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does roughishness mean?: Slight roughness.
Where does roughishness come from?: From roughish + -ness.

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