Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ordinariness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables: or-di-nar-i-ness
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality or condition of being ordinary.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The only extraordinary thing in fact about his recreations was their ordinariness."
"What links the kids in most of these games is their relative ordinariness, forcing us to face their perils without special powers."

Etymology

Etymology tree English ordinary Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English ordinariness From ordinary + -ness.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ordinarinesses (plural)

Synonyms

normalcy normaldom normality normalness mundaneness mundanity

Questions

What does ordinariness mean?: The quality or condition of being ordinary.
Where does ordinariness come from?: Etymology tree English ordinary Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English ordinariness From ordinary + -ness.

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