Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

evasiveness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables
eva-sive-ness
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being evasive.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English evasive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English evasiveness From evasive + -ness.

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Questions

What does evasiveness mean?
The quality of being evasive.
Where does evasiveness come from?
Etymology tree English evasive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English evasiveness From evasive + -ness.

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