Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

twelveness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: twel-ve-ness
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The property of being twelve in number.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Or walk into a shop and you will see twelveness associated with whiteness and roundness and, I hope, freshness, in a box of eggs."
"The geometrical basis of materiality consists of the tetrahedron or 'fourness' of fire or light, the octahedrality of 'sixness' of the gaseousness of air, the icosahedrality or 'twelveness' of the liquidity of water, and the cubic 'eightness' of the solid earthiness."
"Even the proportions of everyday weights and measures were based on the natural twelveness evident in mathematics […]"

Etymology

From twelve + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: twelve

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does twelveness mean?: The property of being twelve in number.
Where does twelveness come from?: From twelve + -ness.

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