Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

headiness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: headi-ness
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The characteristic of being heady.

Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English heady 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 headiness From heady + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

headinesses (plural)

Questions

What does headiness mean?: The characteristic of being heady.
Where does headiness come from?: Etymology tree English heady 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 headiness From heady + -ness.

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