Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

artlessness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables: art-less-ness
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the state or quality of being artless

Uncountable

noun

the state or quality of being innocent; naïveté

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English artless 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 artlessness From artless + -ness.

Usage

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Inflected Forms

artlessnesses (plural)

Synonyms

innocence ingenuousness naturalness

Questions

What does artlessness mean?: the state or quality of being artless
Where does artlessness come from?: Etymology tree English artless 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 artlessness From artless + -ness.

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