newness
/ˈn(j)uːnəs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The newness of the car meant it still had that funny smell."
- "Surprised and rejoiced thus far at the unanticipated newness, and the sweet lucidness and simplicity of Isabel’s narrating, […] Pierre now, in handing the instrument to Isabel, could not entirely restrain something like a look of half-regret, accompanied rather strangely with a half-smile of gentle humor."
- "The newness is gone / The newness is gone / So why should we make pretend / When our love affair is destined to end"
- "Thankfully, that sense of newness does come in the form of Ke Huy Quan’s Gary De’Snake, the first reptilian addition to Zootopia‘s all-mammal cast."
Etymology
From Middle English newnesse, from Old English nīewnes (“newness, novelty”), equivalent to new + -ness.