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quickness

/ˈkwɪknəs/KWIK-nuhs
/ˈkwɪknəs/KWIK-nuhs

Meaningthe state of being quick

Common meaning: speed

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*giw-‘orig’source
  2. Old Englishcwic‘alive, quick’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishquiksource
  4. Englishquick‘fast’
  5. Englishformed in English from quickquickness‘speed’ · 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.
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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 quick + -ness.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), QUICK, p.484 · scan

Source words

  • cwic Old English · source word “living, alive”

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