Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

implicitness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: im-plic-it-ness
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being implicit.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He heard me calmly; and as calmly promised to further our attachment. The implicitness of my reliance stayed not to ask his sympathy. To talk of her was happiness, and my brother seemed a part of that home whither he was then returning."

Etymology

Etymology tree English implicit 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 implicitness From implicit + -ness.

Usage

Inflected Forms

implicitnesses (plural)

Antonyms

explicitness

Questions

What does implicitness mean?: The state or quality of being implicit.
Where does implicitness come from?: Etymology tree English implicit 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 implicitness From implicit + -ness.

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