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dumminess

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dum-mi-ness
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being silly or foolish.

Colloquial; Uncountable

noun

A disease in horses, characterised by immobility and a hanging position of the head, the result of acute encephalitis.

Archaic; Uncountable

Etymology

From dummy + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Synonyms

hydrops ventriculi

Questions

What does dumminess mean?
The quality of being silly or foolish.
Where does dumminess come from?
From dummy + -ness.

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