Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grossness

/ˈɡɹəʊsnəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables: gross-ness
IPA: /ˈɡɹəʊsnəs/

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Lack of refinement in character, behaviour etc.; coarseness.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The quality of being repulsive or disgusting.

Countable; Slang; Uncountable

noun

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Now that he was doing so much else she could never have the grossness to apply for it to Sir Claude."
"He […] began to descend to familiar questions, endeavouring to accommodate his discourse to the grossness of rustic understandings. The clowns soon found that he did not know wheat from rye, and began to despise him; one of the boys, by pretending to show him a bird's nest, decoyed him into a ditch; […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English gross 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 grossness From gross + -ness.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈɡɹəʊsnəs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

grossnesses (plural)

Synonyms

coarseness commonness vulgarity vulgarism raunch

Rhymes With

closeness

Questions

How do you pronounce grossness?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɹəʊsnəs/.
What does grossness mean?: Lack of refinement in character, behaviour etc.; coarseness.
Where does grossness come from?: Etymology tree English gross 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 grossness From gross + -ness.

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