Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

averseness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: averse-ness
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being averse; opposition of mind.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Oh the stubburnnesse of iniquitie, and mans auersenesse from his maker."
"[…] the Fondness or Averseness of the Child to some Servants […] will at any time let one know, whether their Love to the Baby is uniform and the same, when one is absent, as present."
"There were tones in it [his fiddling] which bred the immediate conviction that indolence and averseness to systematic application were all that lay between 'Mop' and the career of a second [Niccolò] Paganini."

Etymology

Etymology tree English averse 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 averseness From averse + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

aversenesses (plural)

Synonyms

aversion disinclination unwillingness

Questions

What does averseness mean?: The quality of being averse; opposition of mind.
Where does averseness come from?: Etymology tree English averse 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 averseness From averse + -ness.

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