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highness

/ˈhaɪnəs/HIGH-nuhs
/ˈhaɪnəs/HIGH-nuhs

Meaningthe state of being high

Common meaning: a title for royalty

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kuk-‘bend, bow out’source
  2. Old EnglishheahsourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishheighsource
  4. Englishhigh‘tall’
  5. Englishformed in English from highhighness‘a title for royalty’ · 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 high + -ness.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), HIGH, p.265 · scan

Source words

  • heah Old English · source word “lofty”

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