Dictionary

ordinariness en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English ordinary 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 ordinariness From ordinary + -ness.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The quality or condition of being ordinary.
   • What links the kids in most of these games is their relative ordinariness, forcing us to face their perils without special powers. 2019 May 8, Jon Bailes, “Save yourself! The video games casting us as helpless children”, in The Guardian:
   • The only extraordinary thing in fact about his recreations was their ordinariness. 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:

Forms

Synonyms

normality · normaldom · normalness · normalcy (usualness; normality; familiarity)

Translations (4)

lv normālums (quality of being ordinary) · lv parastība (quality of being ordinary) · pl mundaneness (quality of being ordinary) · lv parastums (quality of being ordinary)