Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

donnishness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: don-nish-ness
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being donnish.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In the morning he got up pallid and he shaved badly, but he was a generation ahead of his own Euphemia series, and the school of charm and quiet humour and of letting things slide with a kind of elegant donnishness, had lost him for ever…"

Etymology

From donnish + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: donnish

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

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

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