determinateness
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[…] his determinateness and his power, seemed to make allies unnecessary; […]"
- "It cannot be expected that our classifications should vie in accuracy and determinateness with those of natural science."
- "The pale, inscrutable determinateness, and flinchless intrepidity of Pierre, now began to domineer upon them; for any social unusualness or greatness is sometimes most impressive in the retrospect."
- "Douglas Gale […] made me rethink the question of the determinateness of the price level."
Etymology
Etymology tree English determinate 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 determinateness From determinate + -ness.