Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tragicness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: trag-ic-ness
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being tragic.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Those people inclined towards Nietzscheanism (and there were quite a few among Freud's admirers) preferred to speak rather of the “tragicness of psychical life.”"

Etymology

Etymology tree English tragic 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 tragicness From tragic + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does tragicness mean?: The state or quality of being tragic.
Where does tragicness come from?: Etymology tree English tragic 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 tragicness From tragic + -ness.

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