Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

solitariness

/ˈsɒlɪt(ə)ɹɪnəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: soli-tari-ness
IPA: /ˈsɒlɪt(ə)ɹɪnəs/

12

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being solitary.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In both a mazefull ſolitarineſſe: / In night of ſprites the gaſtly powers to ſtur, / In thee or ſprites or ſprited gaſtlineſſe: […]"
"I saw a Deane of S. Hillarie of Poictiers, reduced by reason and the incommoditie of his melancholy to such a continuall solitarinesse, that when I entered into his chamber he had never removed one step out of it in two and twenty yeares before[…]."
"So much as doing good is better than not doing evil, will I account Christian good fellowship better than an eremitish and melancholy solitariness."

Etymology

Etymology tree English solitary 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 solitariness From solitary + -ness.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈsɒlɪt(ə)ɹɪnəs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

solitarinesses (plural)

Synonyms

aloneness isolation loneliness loneness onehead oneship onlyhood onliness seclusion solitariness solitude

Rhymes With

wariness

Questions

How do you pronounce solitariness?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɒlɪt(ə)ɹɪnəs/.
What does solitariness mean?: The state or quality of being solitary.
Where does solitariness come from?: Etymology tree English solitary 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 solitariness From solitary + -ness.

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