Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lessing

/lˈɛsɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables: less-ing
IPA: /lˈɛsɪŋ/

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of less

name

A surname from German.

Example Sentences

"The 800-word work (on a paper slightly bigger than a postcard) is one of 13 works submitted by a group of authors that includes Doris Lessing, Tom Stoppard, Margaret Atwood and Nick Hornby, The Associated Press reported. Ms. Rowling used both sides of her card to handwrite the prequel to her seven-book Potter series."

Etymology

* As a German surname, borrowed from German Lessing, a variant of Lessig. * As a Lower Sorbian surname, from lesník (“forester”). Compare Lesnik.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Lessing, -

Inflected Forms

Lessings (plural)

Derived Forms

Lessingian

Rhymes With

dressing pressing blessing addressing expressing guessing depressing messing assessing possessing progressing stressing

Questions

How do you pronounce lessing?: The recorded pronunciation is /lˈɛsɪŋ/.
What does lessing mean?: present participle and gerund of less
Where does lessing come from?: It is traced to German.

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