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commonplaceness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English commonplace Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English commonplaceness From commonplace + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being commonplace.
    • Yet, despite the commonplaceness of her appearance, there was one respect in which she stood out from the ordinary: she had light grey eyes, a feature that was unusual in that part of the country. 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 5:

Translations (3)

pl powszechność (Translations) · pl pospolitość (Translations) · sv trivialitet (Translations)