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richness

/ˈɹɪtʃnəs/RICH-nuhs
/ˈɹɪtʃnəs/RICH-nuhs

Meaningthe quality of being rich

Common meaning: wealth

Other meanings: fullness of flavour or colour

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishrice‘powerful’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishrichesource
  3. Englishrich‘having much wealth’
  4. Englishformed in English from richrichness‘wealth’ · 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 rich + -ness.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), RICH, p.509 · scan

Source words

  • rice Old English · source word “powerful”

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