Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crampedness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cramped-ness
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being cramped.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"They hadn't reckoned with the attendant personality disorders, which the coldness, the darkness, the dampness, the crampedness and the loneliness were doing nothing to decrease."

Etymology

Etymology tree English cramped 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 crampedness From cramped + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does crampedness mean?: The state or quality of being cramped.
Where does crampedness come from?: Etymology tree English cramped 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 crampedness From cramped + -ness.

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