Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prickliness

/ˈpɹɪklɪnəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: prick-li-ness
IPA: /ˈpɹɪklɪnəs/

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being prickly.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The sharp prickliness of its finnes."
"A Thistle…assuming a new Form, and without any prickliness."
"Closer inspection disclosed the furious and impossible prickliness of their surface."

Etymology

Etymology tree English prickly 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 prickliness From prickly + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

pricklinesses (plural)

Synonyms

bristliness spininess thorniness

Questions

How do you pronounce prickliness?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɹɪklɪnəs/.
What does prickliness mean?: The state or quality of being prickly.
Where does prickliness come from?: Etymology tree English prickly 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 prickliness From prickly + -ness.

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