Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

picturesqueness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables: pic-turesque-ness
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition of being picturesque.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He [Walter Savage Landor] was a man of somewhat leonine aspect as regards the general appearance and expression of the head and face, which accorded well with the large and massive build of the figure, and to which a superbly curling white beard added not only picturesqueness, but a certain nobility."

Etymology

Etymology tree English picturesque 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 picturesqueness From picturesque + -ness.

Usage

Inflected Forms

picturesquenesses (plural)

Questions

What does picturesqueness mean?: The condition of being picturesque.
Where does picturesqueness come from?: Etymology tree English picturesque 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 picturesqueness From picturesque + -ness.

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