Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tortuousness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tor-tu-ous-ness
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The property of being tortuous.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English tortuous 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 tortuousness From tortuous + -ness.

Usage

Inflected Forms

tortuousnesses (plural)

Synonyms

complicatedness complication knottiness tortuosity torsion contortion crookedness

Questions

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

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