Wordwyrt

bluntness

/ˈblʌntnəs/BLUHNT-nuhs
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈblʌntnəs/BLUHNT-nuhs

Meaningbeing blunt

Common meaning: dullness of edge

Other meanings: plainness of speech

Tap a word part to explore

Journey through time

  1. Old Norse (Icelandic)blunda‘to doze’source
  2. Middle Englishbluntsource
  3. Englishblunt‘dull-edged’
  4. Englishformed in English from bluntbluntness‘dullness of edge’ · 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.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from blunt + -ness.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), BLUNT, p.68 · scan

Source words

  • blunda Old Norse (Icelandic) · source word “to doze”

Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app