Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

northernness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: north-ern-ness
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being northern.

Uncountable

noun

A fascination with the northern lands of Britain and Scandinavia, but also a sense of longing for an unattainable, imaginary world.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Pure "Northernness" engulfed me: a vision of huge, clear spaces hanging above the Atlantic in the endless twilight of Northern summer, remoteness, severity…and almost at the same moment I knew that I had met this before, long, long ago."

Etymology

From northern + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: northern

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does northernness mean?: The state or quality of being northern.
Where does northernness come from?: From northern + -ness.

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