Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sourness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables: sour-ness
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition or quality of being sour.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[O]ur Tympanouſe ſtatiſts / (In their affected grauitie of voice, / Sovverneſſe of countenance, maners crueltie, / Authoritie, vvealth, and all the ſpavvne of Fortune) / Thinke they beare all the kingdomes vvorth before them; […]"
"Mrs. Ferrars was a little, thin woman, upright, even to formality, in her figure, and serious, even to sourness, in her aspect."

Etymology

From Middle English sowrenesse, sournesse, from Old English sūrnes (“sourness”), equivalent to sour + -ness.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: sowrenesse, sūrnes

Usage

Inflected Forms

sournesses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

sour

Synonyms

acerbitude acerbity acetosity acidity acidness austereness austerity sharpness sourness tartness

Antonyms

sweetness

Questions

What does sourness mean?: The condition or quality of being sour.
Where does sourness come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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