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fleetingness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fleet-ing-ness
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being fleeting.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English fleeting 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 fleetingness From fleeting + -ness.

Usage

Inflected Forms

fleetingnesses (plural)

Synonyms

ephemerality briefness transiency ephemeralness

Questions

What does fleetingness mean?
The quality of being fleeting.
Where does fleetingness come from?
Etymology tree English fleeting 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 fleetingness From fleeting + -ness.

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