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newness

/ˈnuːnəs/NOO-nuhs
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈnunəs/NOO-nuhs

Meaningbeing new

Common meaning: freshness

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Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*nu-‘of pronominal origin’source
  2. Old Englishniwe‘the pit of the belly’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishnewesource
  4. Englishnew‘not existing before’
  5. Englishformed in English from newnewness‘freshness’ · 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 new + -ness.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), NEW, p.391 · scan

Source words

  • niwe Old English · source word “new”

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