Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

poorness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables
poor-ness
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being poor

Countable; Uncountable

noun

poverty

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English poornes, porenes, porenesse, pornes, pornesse, povernesse, powrenesse; equivalent to poor + -ness.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

poornesses (plural)

Phrases

poorness is a state of mind

Synonyms

meagerness meagreness leanness scantiness scantness exiguity poverty impoverishment

Questions

What does poorness mean?
The quality of being poor
Where does poorness come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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