Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fogginess

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables: fog-gi-ness
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The characteristic or quality of being foggy

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English foggy 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 fogginess From foggy + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

fogginesses (plural)

Synonyms

indistinctness softness blurriness fuzziness fog murk murkiness

Questions

What does fogginess mean?: The characteristic or quality of being foggy
Where does fogginess come from?: Etymology tree English foggy 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 fogginess From foggy + -ness.

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