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douceness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
douce-ness
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being douce.

Uncountable

Etymology

From douce + -ness. Piecewise doublet of dulceness.

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Questions

What does douceness mean?
The quality of being douce.
Where does douceness come from?
From douce + -ness. Piecewise doublet of dulceness.

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