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dangerousness

/ˈdeɪndʒəəsnəs/DAYN-jur-uh-snuhs
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈdeɪndʒɚəsnəs/DAYN-jur-uh-snuhs

Meaningthe state or quality of being full of danger

Common meaning: being dangerous

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Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchdangiersource
  2. Middle Englishdaungersource
  3. Englishdanger‘risk of harm’
  4. Englishformed in English from dangerdangerous‘likely to cause harm’
  5. Englishformed in English from dangerousdangerousness‘being dangerous’ · today

Sources & notes

Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: the state or quality of being full of danger. It can be inferred from any of: dangerous.

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 dangerous + -ness (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).

Source words

  • dangier Old French · source word “power, control”

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