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shallowness

/ˈʃæləʊnəs/SHA-loh-nuhs
/ˈʃæloʊnəs/SHA-loh-nuhs

Meaningbeing shallow

Common meaning: lack of depth

Journey through time

  1. Middle Englishschald‘shoal’source
  2. Middle Englishschalowesource
  3. Englishshallow‘not deep’
  4. Englishformed in English from shallowshallowness‘lack of depth’ · 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 shallow + -ness.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SHALLOW, p.544 · scan

Source words

  • schald Middle English · source word “shoal, of little depth”

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