Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oralness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oral-ness
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality or condition of being oral.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Whereas the Chinese spectacle implied a world of objects, a happy confusion of changing characters and masks, the Black spectacle implies a theatrical oralness."

Etymology

From oral + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: oral

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does oralness mean?: The quality or condition of being oral.
Where does oralness come from?: From oral + -ness.

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