Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

driness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dri-ness
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic form of dryness.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From dry + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

drinesses (plural)

Questions

What does driness mean?
Archaic form of dryness.
Where does driness come from?
From dry + -ness.

How to pronounce driness

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