blandness
/ˈblændnəs/BLAND-nuhs
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˈblændnəs/BLAND-nuhs
Meaningbeing bland
Common meaning: lack of flavour or interest
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- blandsmooth-tongued, coaxingLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 240 · scan
- nessnoun ending: the state of being
Journey through time
- Latinblandus, -a, -um‘smooth-tongued, coaxing’
- Englishbland‘mild’
- Englishformed in English from blandblandness‘lack of flavour or interest’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from bland + -ness.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), BLAND, p.65 · scan
Roots
- blandus, -a, -um Latin “smooth-tongued, coaxing”
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