Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oftness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oft-ness
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of happening often; frequency.

Archaic; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Often fasting which was a virtue in John's disciples could not in them of itself be a vice, and therefore not the oftness of their fasting but their hypocrisy therein was blamed."

Etymology

From oft + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: oft

Usage

Synonyms

frequency

Questions

What does oftness mean?: The quality of happening often; frequency.
Where does oftness come from?: From oft + -ness.

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