bienness
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Here were no haggard savages, unkempt and scantily clad, coming forth from their dens in the rocks to stare wildly at the strangers. On the contrary, there was a prevailing air of comfort and “bienness” about the people and their houses."
- "[Otago's] pace has been, and even without auriferous wealth, would have continued to be, that of steady progress. Not so deliriously fast, perhaps, but in a sense which the more thoughtful can appreciate as more satisfactory; that would have yielded a description of rough bienness to the majority of the people which is always associated with […] the growth of the social and domestic virtues […]"
- "There is a felt contrast between the two groups — the snug comfort and “bienness” of the regular inmates of the cottage, and the careworn uncertainty and meagreness which belong to the life of the others."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French