Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cleanness

/ˈkliːn.nəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: clean-ness
IPA: /ˈkliːn.nəs/

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Moral purity; innocence.

Uncountable

noun

The state of being physically clean and free of contamination or dirt; cleanliness.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Certes sayd the good man that is sothe / for he shalle be the best knyghte of the world and the fairest of alle the felauship / But wete yow wel there shall none atteyne it but by clennes that is pure confession"
""But if so, why do you see so many young children on steam trains - apart, that is, from being dragged along by their fathers, or grandfathers? "I think they enjoy them because they are simply so different, so mechanical, so hot, oily and clanky, so dirty, so 'analogue' in a digital world. They are everything modern life tries to extirpate in favour of silence, smoothness and cleanness. Kids love that."

Etymology

From Old English clǣnnes, corresponding to clean + -ness.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: clǣnnes
Suffix: clean

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈkliːn.nəs/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

cleannesses (plural)

Synonyms

guiltlessness blamelessness cleanness inculpability innocence innocency unguilt

Rhymes With

penis venus genus venous subgenus greenness arteriovenous saphenous maecenas transvenous tweeness scalenus

Questions

How do you pronounce cleanness?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkliːn.nəs/.
What does cleanness mean?: Moral purity; innocence.
Where does cleanness come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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