dinginess
/ˈdɪndʒɪnəs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "His nether garments were of a blueish gray—violent in its colours once, but sobered now by age and dinginess—and were so stretched and strained in a tough conflict between his braces and his straps, that they appeared every moment in danger of flying asunder at the knees."
- "He was a pitiful image of shabby gentility and the dinginess of “reduced circumstances.”"
- "The streets were thunderous; a vast energy heaved under the universal coating of dinginess."
- "The cramped dinginess of such important stations as Grantham and Peterborough has to be experienced to be believed."
Etymology
Etymology tree English dingy 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 dinginess From dingy + -ness.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈdɪndʒɪnəs/