Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ingenuousness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables: in-gen-u-ous-ness
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition of being ingenuous.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An ingenuous behavior.

Countable

Example Sentences

"Time passed; Moira grew up, chronologically; but Sir Watney went on treating her as a spoilt child, went on being enchanted by her birdy chirrupings and ingenuousnesses and impertinent enfant-terrible-isms."

Etymology

Etymology tree English ingenuous 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 ingenuousness From ingenuous + -ness.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ingenuousnesses (plural)

Synonyms

artlessness innocence naturalness

Questions

What does ingenuousness mean?: The condition of being ingenuous.
Where does ingenuousness come from?: Etymology tree English ingenuous 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 ingenuousness From ingenuous + -ness.

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