Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corkiness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cork-i-ness
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being corky.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Once you know how, spotting corked wine is easy – but the fact is that you shouldn't have to. It takes time to learn to distinguish different characters in a wine – and corkiness is one of them"

Etymology

From corky + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: corky

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does corkiness mean?: The quality of being corky.
Where does corkiness come from?: From corky + -ness.

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