Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

souredness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: soured-ness
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of having become sour.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In his Satires we find what we may call a mellowed souredness of spirit, like the taste of the plum or sloe when touched by the first frosts."

Etymology

From soured + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: soured

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does souredness mean?: The quality of having become sour.
Where does souredness come from?: From soured + -ness.

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