Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oarlessness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oar-less-ness
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Absence of oars.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Only dark birds know who let it rot over itself, mirror its oarlessness and the one thin seam that suddenly like a mouth opened to allow everything oceanic in."
"All that counts when Poe's gondolier loses his single oar is the idea of oarlessness."

Etymology

From oarless + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: oarless

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does oarlessness mean?: Absence of oars.
Where does oarlessness come from?: From oarless + -ness.

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