Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tentativeness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables: ten-ta-tive-ness
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The characteristic of being tentative.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"There are also some delightful love scenes between Jean and Esther. Russ does an excellent job of capturing the blend of excitement, tentativeness and panic present in the culmination of something so lusted after and so feared."

Etymology

Etymology tree English tentative 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 tentativeness From tentative + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

tentativenesses (plural)

Questions

What does tentativeness mean?: The characteristic of being tentative.
Where does tentativeness come from?: Etymology tree English tentative 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 tentativeness From tentative + -ness.

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