Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

driftfulness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: drift-ful-ness
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state, quality, or condition of being driftful.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] there's always another agent available there in the same room or across the bed sufficiently endowed with the capacities for thought, speech, and action to validate the vast driftfulness one or the other of them at most moments feels impending."
"I have lived in fear of his driftfulness. I too ran from Kansas to Minnesota to Texas and back, starting out sometimes not knowing where."

Etymology

From driftful + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: driftful

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does driftfulness mean?: The state, quality, or condition of being driftful.
Where does driftfulness come from?: From driftful + -ness.

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