Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seductiveness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables: se-duc-tive-ness
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The property of being seductive

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Her seductiveness came from her apparent innocence."
"Biblical criteria of sexual seductiveness include a white skin, black hair, or henna-dyed, scarlet lips, a prominent nose, rosy temples, long straight neck, firm breasts, round thighs, an erect posture."
"She brought a tigresslike seductiveness and a husky-voiced irreverence to roles as worldly, devil-may-care women, becoming adept at playing exotic vamps and free-spirited protagonists, […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English seductive 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 seductiveness From seductive + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

seductivity

Questions

What does seductiveness mean?: The property of being seductive
Where does seductiveness come from?: Etymology tree English seductive 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 seductiveness From seductive + -ness.

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