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smoothness

/ˈsmuːðnəs/SMOOTH-nuhs
/ˈsmuðnəs/SMOOTH-nuhs

Meaningthe quality of being smooth

Common meaning: evenness

Other meanings: ease

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishsmeþesource
  2. Middle Englishsmoothesource
  3. Englishsmooth‘even and flat’
  4. Englishformed in English from smoothsmoothness‘evenness’ · 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 smooth + -ness.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SMOOTH, p.567 · scan

Source words

  • smeþe Old English · source word “even and flat”

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