necessariness
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Time and space are themselves part of the phenomena or object. . . . It is the necessariness of these perceptions which has led to their being elevated to the position of abstract wholes in which all things exist."
- "The test was so general that defendant flooded the court's docket with appeals seeking judicial examination of the necessariness of prearraignment detentions."
- "A journey, one would think, ought to have a certain necessariness; there must be a reason for going."
Etymology
Etymology tree English necessary 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 necessariness From necessary + -ness.