correctness
/kəˈektnəs/kur-EKT-nuhs
/kɚˈɛktnəs/kur-EKT-nuhs
Meaningbeing correct
Common meaning: the quality of being right or proper
- corwith, together (form of con-)
- rectstraight; rightLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1536 · scan
- nessnoun ending: the state of being
‘with, together (form of con-)’ + ‘straight’ → correctness
Journey through time
- Latinrēctus‘straight’
- Englishcorrect‘right’
- Englishformed in English from correctcorrectness‘the quality of being right or proper’ · 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
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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 correct + -ness.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), CORRECT, p.135 · scan
Roots
- rēctus Latin “straight; right”
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