Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sportiness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables: sporti-ness
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The property of being sporty.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"This, it seems to me, is the essential for marriage happiness, rather than the matching up of trait with trait, bookiness with bookiness, sportiness with sportiness, as Cinderella's Prince matched foot with slipper."

Etymology

Etymology tree English sporty 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 sportiness From sporty + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

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

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