Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bizarreness

/bɪˈzɑɹ.nəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: bi-zarre-ness
IPA: /bɪˈzɑɹ.nəs/

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being bizarre.

Uncountable

noun

The result or product of being bizarre.

Countable

Example Sentences

"The room's bizarreness was underscored by the massive rubber duck serving as a conference table."
"Here doctors confront diseases that are obscure and vaguely medieval, the triumph over them further romanticized by the sheer bizarreness of the challenge."
"Using block data from the 2000 census, Miller and Chambers have computed bizarreness for the congressional districts of Connecticut, Maryland, and New Hampshire."

Etymology

Etymology tree English bizarre 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 bizarreness From bizarre + -ness.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /bɪˈzɑɹ.nəs/
British English: /bɪˈzɑː.nəs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

bizarrenesses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

bizarre bizarrely

Synonyms

bizarrerie bizarrity outlandishness weirdness

Questions

How do you pronounce bizarreness?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɪˈzɑɹ.nəs/.
What does bizarreness mean?: The state or quality of being bizarre.
Where does bizarreness come from?: Etymology tree English bizarre 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 bizarreness From bizarre + -ness.

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