breathlessness
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.15 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The state of being breathless or out of breath, especially merely temporarily from exertion.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Climbing eight flights of stairs while the elevator is out of service can easily produce some breathlessness in people whose physical fitness is otherwise not noticeably impaired."
- "Dickinson's longer lines and use of ampersands ^([Bronski means dashes]) creates a breathlessness that evokes sexual excitement, an urgency that precludes, or at least, overshadows thought."
- "Since he'd entered the urgent care center, his breathlessness had only gotten worse, even though he'd been sitting quietly."
Etymology
Etymology tree English breathless 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 breathlessness From breathless + -ness.