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openness

/ˈəʊpənnəs/OH-puhn-nuhs
/ˈoʊpənnəs/OH-puhn-nuhs

Meaningthe quality of being open

Common meaning: frankness

Other meanings: being open

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishopensourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishopensource
  3. Englishopen‘not closed’
  4. Englishformed in English from openopenness‘frankness’ · 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 open + -ness.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), OPEN, p.404 · scan

Source words

  • open Old English · source word “raised up, open”

Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app