Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

briefness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables
brief-ness
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The characteristic of being brief.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English breffnes, brevenesse, equivalent to brief + -ness.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

briefnesses (plural)

Synonyms

brevity fleetingness transiency conciseness terseness transience

Questions

What does briefness mean?
The characteristic of being brief.
Where does briefness come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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