Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

honestness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hon-est-ness
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Quality of being honest.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English honestnesse, honestnysse, honestnas, equivalent to honest + -ness.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: honestnesse
Suffix: honest

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

honesty

Questions

What does honestness mean?: Quality of being honest.
Where does honestness come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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