Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shortestness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
short-est-ness
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being shortest.

Uncountable

Etymology

From shortest + -ness.

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Questions

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

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