boringness
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Instinctively, before they had a chance to open their mouths, she knew not only that they were bores but the quality of their boringness."
- "More than one critic has said, of course, that the boringness of the "New Novel" is a feature of its authenticity."
- "An Analysis of Superficial Boredom and Its Relation to the Boring Object Heidegger does not begin his analysis of "superficial boredom" with boredom itself but with what is boring, or the boringness of a boring object."
- "Friends with me, the poster child for imperfection and boringness."
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle English boren Middle English -ynge Middle English boryng English boring 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 boringness From boring + -ness.
Usage
Frequently Paired Words
boringdom
boringhood