Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

piercingness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pierc-ing-ness
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being piercing.

Uncountable

Etymology

From piercing + -ness.

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Questions

What does piercingness mean?
The quality of being piercing.
Where does piercingness come from?
From piercing + -ness.

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