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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

broadness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables
broad-ness
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state, characteristic, or condition of being broad; breadth.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English brodnes (also as brednysse), from Old English brādnes, brǣdnys (“breadth, greatness, extent, surface; liberality”), equivalent to broad + -ness.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

broadnesses (plural)

Synonyms

breadth wideness

Questions

What does broadness mean?
The state, characteristic, or condition of being broad; breadth.
Where does broadness come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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