Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lonesomeness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables: lone-some-ness
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being lonesome.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Wake up, by-and-by, and look to see what done it, and maybe see a steamboat, coughing along up stream, so far off towards the other side you couldn't tell nothing about her only whether she was stern-wheel or side-wheel; then for about an hour there wouldn't be nothing to hear nor nothing to see—just solid lonesomeness."

Etymology

Etymology tree English lonesome 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 lonesomeness From lonesome + -ness.

Usage

Inflected Forms

lonesomenesses (plural)

Synonyms

ellingness monopathy forlornness lonelihood loneliness lonesomeness aloneness solitariness

Questions

What does lonesomeness mean?: The state of being lonesome.
Where does lonesomeness come from?: Etymology tree English lonesome 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 lonesomeness From lonesome + -ness.

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