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cleanness

/ˈklinɪs/KLEE-nis
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈklinɪs/KLEE-nis

Meaningbeing clean

Common meaning: the state of being clean

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Journey through time

  1. Old Englishclænesource
  2. Middle Englishclenesource
  3. Englishclean‘free from dirt’
  4. Englishformed in English from cleancleanness‘the state of being clean’ · 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 clean + -ness.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), CLEAN, p.113 · scan

Source words

  • clæne Old English · source word “free from dirt”

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