Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cragginess

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: crag-gi-ness
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being craggy.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[T]he craggineſſe and ſteepineſſe of places up and dovvn is a great advantage to the dvvellers, and makes them inacceſſible, for they ſerve as Fortreſſes erected by Nature her ſelfe, to protect them from all incurſions: […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English craggy 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 cragginess From craggy + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

cragginesses (plural)

Questions

What does cragginess mean?: The state of being craggy.
Where does cragginess come from?: Etymology tree English craggy 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 cragginess From craggy + -ness.

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