Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fitfulness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fit-ful-ness
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being fitful.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I had known him jealous, suspicious; I had seen about him certain tendernesses, fitfulnesses—a softness which came like a warm air, and a ruth which passed like early dew, dried in the heat of his irritabilities: this was all I had seen."

Etymology

Etymology tree English fitful 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 fitfulness From fitful + -ness.

Usage

Inflected Forms

fitfulnesses (plural)

Synonyms

jerkiness

Questions

What does fitfulness mean?: The quality of being fitful.
Where does fitfulness come from?: Etymology tree English fitful 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 fitfulness From fitful + -ness.

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