Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paternalness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pa-ter-nal-ness
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Quality of being paternal.

Uncountable

Etymology

From paternal + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Questions

What does paternalness mean?
Quality of being paternal.
Where does paternalness come from?
From paternal + -ness.

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