dreariness

/dɹˈiɹinəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.62 in modern English

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noun

Countable; Uncountable

"What tho’ the moon—the white moon Shed all the splendour of her noon, Her smile is chilly—and her beam, In that time of dreariness, will seem (So like you gather in your breath) A portrait taken after death."

From Middle English drerinesse, drerynesse, from Old English drēoriġnys (“dreariness, sadness”), equivalent to dreary + -ness.

drearinesses (plural)

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How do you pronounce dreariness?

The recorded pronunciation is /dɹˈiɹinəs/.

What does dreariness mean?

The characteristic of being dreary.

Where does dreariness come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

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