Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

driftingness

/ˈdɹɪf.tɪŋ.nəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: drift-ing-ness
IPA: /ˈdɹɪf.tɪŋ.nəs/

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being drifting; the property of drifting or seeming to drift.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"They moved, lightly chattering among themselves, with the soft driftingness of the saris they had had to discard in favour of wimples, from beneath which gleamed cow-brown eyes and an occasional jewelled caste mark."

Etymology

From drifting + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: drifting
Suffix: -ness

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

obliquation tralineation

Questions

How do you pronounce driftingness?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɹɪf.tɪŋ.nəs/.
What does driftingness mean?: The state or quality of being drifting; the property of drifting or seeming to drift.
Where does driftingness come from?: From drifting + -ness.

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